Sunday, February 20, 2011

For all you pilots out there ...

Ask; always ask. Never assume...

His request approved, the CNN News photographer quickly used a cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight. 

He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting
 
for him at the airport. 

Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger. He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door
 
shut, and shouted, "Let's go." 

The pilot taxied out, swung the plane into the wind
 
and took off. 

Once in the air, the photographer instructed the
 pilot, "Fly over the valley and make low passes so I can take pictures of the fires 
on the hillsides."

"Why?" asked the pilot. 

"Because I'm a photographer for CNN,"
 he responded, "and I need to get 
some close up shots." 

The pilot was strangely silent for a moment.
 Finally he stammered, "So, what you're telling me, is ... "You're NOT my flight instructor?"


(Author unknown)

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