Seeing Eye Dog (true story)

I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. By the time we took off, there had been
a 45-minute delay and everybody on board was ticked. Unexpectedly, we stopped in
Sacramento on the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be another
45-minute delay, and if we wanted to get off the aircraft, we would reboard in 30 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind. I noticed him as I
walked by and could tell he had flown before because his Seeing Eye dog lay quietly
underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire flight. I could also tell he
had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached him and, calling him by
name, said, "Keith, we’re in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off
and stretch your legs?" Keith replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would like
to stretch his legs."

Picture this … all the people in the gate area came to a completely quiet standstill
when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with the Seeing Eye dog! The
pilot was even wearing sunglasses.

People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were trying to change
airlines!