Landing Blind

[Subdeacon Joe]

An airline pilot with poor eyesight had managed to pass his periodic vision exams by memorizing the eye charts beforehand. One year, though, his doctor used a new chart that the pilot had never before seen. The pilot proceeded to recite the old chart and the doctor realized that he'd been hoodwinked.

 

Well, the pilot proved to be nearly blind as a bat. But the doctor could not contain his curiosity. "How is it that someone with your eyesight can manage to pilot a plane at all? I mean, how for example, do you taxi the plane out to the runway?"

 

"Well," says the pilot, "it's really not very hard. All you have to do is follow the instructions of the ground controller over the radio. And besides, the landmarks have all become quite familiar to me over the years."

 

"I can understand that," replies the doctor. "But what about the take-off?"

 

"Again, a simple procedure. I just aim the plane down the runway, go to full throttle, pull back on the stick, and off we go!"

 

"But once you're aloft?"

 

"Oh, everything's fully automated these days. The flight computer knows our destination, and all I have to do is hit the autopilot and the plane pretty much flies itself."

 

"But I still don't see how you land!"

 

"Oh, that's the easiest part of all. All I do is use the airport's radio beacon to get us on the proper glide path. Then I just throttle down and wait for the co-pilot to yell, 'AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!' pull the nose up, and the plane lands just fine.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Passenger: "How often are people killed on this kind of  plane?"

 

Stewardess  Flight Attendant: "Only once, sir."

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Passenger 1: "How far can we go on just one engine?"

 

Passenger 2: "All the way to scene of the crash. And I bet we beat the paramedics by 20 minutes."

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

What is the difference between God and an airline pilot?
God doesn’t think he’s an airline pilot.

[Mud Marine,SASS#54686 Life]

There are old pilots and bold pilots.

 

There are NO old bold pilots.

 

I was an absentminded pilot.

 

"Oh, s--t, flaps trees!!!!!

[bgavin]

Which leads me to the question, "Why do they have Braille instructions at the bank drive-up window?"

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

4 minutes ago, bgavin said:

Which leads me to the question, "Why do they have Braille instructions at the bank drive-up window?"

Do they have Braille labels on cockpit instrument panels?   Is that a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act?