A woman was flying from Melbourne to Brisbane. Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sydney. The flight crew announced that there would be some delay on the ground and that if any passengers wanted to disembark from the plane, they could. They further stated that there would be about fifty minutes before reboarding would commence.
Passenger after passenger rose to their feet, grabbed their luggage, and exited the plane. After a while, the plane had become almost empty.
The only person who remained seated was a blind woman. The woman sat calmly at her seat, displaying no signs of urgency to leave the plane. There was another passenger who had observed her before and had seen that the guide dog which accompanied her had been sleeping below her seat throughout the journey without making a peep.
After everyone had left the aircraft, the pilot himself walked down the aisle. He stopped beside the woman and greeted her warmly by name which made it obvious the woman had this very flight before.
“Hi Kathy,” he said. “We’re going to be in Sydney for about an hour. Would you like to get off the plane and stretch your legs?”
Kathy smiled and shook her head slightly. “No thank you,” she said. “But maybe Max would like to stretch his legs.”
Now picture the scene at the gate. There were 100 worried passengers who were sipping their expensive lattes and keeping track of time. The doors of the jetway opened up suddenly, revealing the pilot who is wearing his full outfit and his aviator sunglasses which are completely blacked out, being escorted by a Seeing Eye dog.
There was no sound, then the panic began. It was not only that people were running away from the situation, but they had started changing airlines.
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