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$\"Pilotsleeps.jpg\"$ <\/span>The latest little fiasco from the airlines is the plane that overshot its airport by a mere 150 miles. Let\u2019s not dismiss this as simply funny. But, let\u2019s have some fun with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s assume the pilots were sleeping. Let\u2019s imagine Letterman or Leno ask you to come up with a few lines for pilots\u2026<\/b><\/div>\n

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What will you ask the next pilot as you pass him\/her by to find your seat?\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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Like singing as you go by: \u201cIn the cockpit, the quiet cockpit, the pilot sleeps tonight\u2026\u201d (to the tune of \u201cIn the jungle, the lion sleeps tonight).<\/div>\n
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Report from CNN<\/a>\u00a0starts with this\u2026.<\/div>\n
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A passenger flight from San Diego, California, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, overshot its destination airport by about 150 miles Wednesday, and federal investigators are looking into whether the pilots had become distracted, as they claimed, or perhaps fallen asleep.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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