How to Stay Sharp at 30,000 Feet

posted October 29, 2009 - 3:58pm

How to Stay Sharp at 30,000 Feet

The pilots who missed the Minneapolis airport by over 100 miles before turning around last Wednesday are being interviewed by the NTSB today. For a full hour the control tower was trying to alert them to their incorrect course. Many explanations have been suggested as to what was occupying their time including napping or a fight in the cockpit. Dogs & Jeans has an advance transcript of the hearing and there are some surprising reasons given for the pilots's distraction:

The co-pilot bet the pilot he couldn't identify the function of every know and switch on the entire control panel. You don't just walk away from a challenge like that.

Suduko.
Season 3 of "The Gilmore Girls" on DVD.
Facebook VS MySpace mobile updating competition.
It was Fantasy Football Free Agency day.
Both made the mistake of picking the turkey entree, and while they didn't technically nap, the tryptophan stupor was pretty severe.
They picked a bad time to update the women on their lists. You know? The List?

It's not easy getting advance tickets to the opening of Michael Jackson's "This Is It" from 30,000 feet.
What do you think guys do when we are alone? Farting contest!