An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies
consistently at 800 km/h in 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with Tempo
Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside
the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus flight,
boring flight isn’t it? Take care and have a look
here!”
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through
the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, only to swoop down almost
to sea level in a breath-taking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks,
"Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but now have a look
here!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It
continues to fly stubbornly straight, with the same speed. After five minutes,
the Airbus pilot radioed, "Well, what are you saying
now?"
The jet pilot asks confused: "What did you
do?"
The other laughs and says, "I got up, stretched my legs,
went to the back of the flight to the bathroom, got a cup of coffee and a
cinnamon cake and made an appointment with the stewardess for the next three
nights - in a 5 Star hotel, which is paid for by my employer.
"
The moral of the story
is:
When you are young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great.
But as you get older and wiser, comfort and peace are not to be despised
either.
This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older,
Smarter.
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