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Posted: 8/13/04 at 6:35am
As the airliner pushed back from the gate, the flight attendant
gave the passengers the usual information regarding seat belts, etc.
Finally, she said, "Now sit back and enjoy your trip while your
captain, Judith Campbell, and crew take you safely to your destination."
Ed sitting in the eighth row thought to himself, "Did I hear her
right?
Is the captain a woman?"
When the attendants came by with the drink cart, he said, "Did I
understand you right? Is the captain a woman?"
"Yes," said the attendant, "In fact, this entire crew is female."
"My God," said Ed, "I'd better have two scotch and sodas. I don't
know what to think of all those women up there in the Cockpit."
"That's another thing sir," said the attendant, "We no longer call
it the Cockpit.
Now it's the box office."
gave the passengers the usual information regarding seat belts, etc.
Finally, she said, "Now sit back and enjoy your trip while your
captain, Judith Campbell, and crew take you safely to your destination."
Ed sitting in the eighth row thought to himself, "Did I hear her
right?
Is the captain a woman?"
When the attendants came by with the drink cart, he said, "Did I
understand you right? Is the captain a woman?"
"Yes," said the attendant, "In fact, this entire crew is female."
"My God," said Ed, "I'd better have two scotch and sodas. I don't
know what to think of all those women up there in the Cockpit."
"That's another thing sir," said the attendant, "We no longer call
it the Cockpit.
Now it's the box office."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
