SWA and the GPS incident
by Josh Staiger
This really happened on my way flying back to Raleigh this past week.
~1/2 hour into my Southwest Airlines flight to Nashville while flying through cloudy skies (no visibility):
Flight Attendant: Attention passengers, is there anyone on board who has a GPS device?
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Flight Attendant: Passengers, if there is anyone who has a GPS device, could you please page a flight attendant...because...apparently...we don't know where we are.
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Me and the very large black man sitting across the aisle from me both look at each others with looks of "what the hell?" on our face
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Flight Attendant: Just kidding...
Flight Attendant: We were just kidding, we were just trying to play a practical joke on one of our passengers, Mr. Joe Such-and-such...
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Flight Attendant: Really, we were just kidding, everything is fine...