30 Sept 2009
On our trip to Utah we flew on Southwest and had to make a stop in Denver. We didn't have to change planes so they made us stay on the plane for the 30 min or so it takes them to get everyone else off and more passengers back on. During that time we were allowed to change seats, drink some soda and generally run around the plane. The pilot was an extra super nice guy and asked the kids if they wanted to sit in the cockpit. Tyler did and ran up there. Derek was scared but went too because he wanted to go with Tyler. The pilot was really cool and let them turn the seatbelt sign on and off, move the steering wheel around and make some announcements to the cabin. They also got to turn on some kind of alarm. I'm sure that I thought it was cooler than either of the kids did. 
On the flight home, a different pilot offered to let them do it again but Tyler said, "Neh, we already did that and we know it's not that cool."
Nice. I got after him for being rude but I don't think he really understood why. After all, I'm the one who told him to always tell the truth....
1 comment:
Oh man. I'm jealous! I've always wanted to go look around in the pilot's cabin. Shoot! Maybe if I posed as a 7-year-old, they'd let me... Tyler, I'm jealous!
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