Flying Mile High Chapter 5
#14 of Flying Mile High
10.15. Sydney: Flight TA550 continued to climb to it's cruising altitude of 35000 feet. Kyle had just turned on the autopilot and was beginning to settle into the flight.
"Kyle, we just passed 20000 feet, please turn off the seatbelt sign". Requested Captain Rocks.
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Harry was doodling onto a napkin. A picture of a Spartan pushing a messenger into a pit from the movie 300. A chime was heard, and he glanced up at the seatbelt sign. Now that it was off, he unbuckled his seatbelt and stood up from his jump seat. He and the Beagle sitting at the right side of the plane began pre-heating the cooked breakfast for the passengers. Harry opened the carts and began placing the frozen boxes of sausages, omelettes and hash browns in the oven.
"Excuse me, where's the bathroom?".
Harry turned around and saw a pregnant vixen.
"There's one right behind you Maam". Replied Harry.
Once the fox closed the toilet door, Harry began a conversation with his colleague.
"It must suck when you have a foetus growing inside of you".
"Yup!. But we can't say for ourselves since we're both guys. What's the oven setting for this one?".
"200 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes".
"Good thing we are assigned Business Class. There seems to be a lot of tourist groups today. They always get drunk and annoying before they pass out and wake up hung-over after landing".
"When there is free alcohol, you take advantage of it. That's the motto I live by!. Especially when you've paid 1200 dollars for an economy ticket". Harry commented.
"Why did you end up becoming a flight attendant?. This is not generally a man's job you know".
"Ha ha, well I once..... Did you hear that?".
"Hear what?". Asked Harry.
"Shhhhh!!!!".
Harry turned around, there was a thumping noise in the bathroom but it slowly came to a stop.
"Isn't the vixen using that restroom?".
Harry reached for the toilet keys and placed them into his blazer pocket. He gently placed an ear on the toilet door, it was absolutely silent.
Harry began knocking on the door. "Ma'am?. Are you okay?".
No reply from the vixen.
"Ma'am, I'm about to open this door". He stated.
Opening the door, his face turned pale. The vixen's body was hanging from the ceiling by a thick rope. Now that she was no longer 'pregnant' it became obvious where she had hidden the rope. Harry froze for a good minute as he found himself staring at a lifeless face.
Harry looked back, and saw the beagle calling the chief flight attendant with the interphone about the emergency. He carefully unhooked her from the ceiling and proceeded to drag her into the galley. Placing her on the floor he tried to feel for her pulse but had no success in locating one.
During his training, he was specifically told not to take any action unless there was no doctor onboard the plane. Knowing he didn't have time for that, he told his colleague to take off her shirt as he fetched the first-aid kit. Removing the defibrillator from the kit he waited for the machine to charge itself.
"Clear!".
Harry places the defibrillating pads between her breasts and shocked her body.
"Increase the power! Clear!".
He repeated the process, but it still does not restart her heart.
"Maximum power! Clear!".
Harry closed his eyes, and made one final attempt to jump-start her heart.
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Back on the flight deck, Kyle was monitoring the fuel flow as Captain Rocks made contact with Brisbane control. The interphone began to ring and Captain Rocks picked up the receiver.
"Flight deck, Captain Morris Rocks".
"Captain, this is chief flight attendant Molly. A passenger just committed suicide in the lavatory. What's your call?".
"We will keep flying to Hong Kong as scheduled. Bring the body to the flight deck and sit her in the jump seat. Do not inform anyone about this situation".
Captain Rocks hung up the interphone and told the Kyle the bad news.
"A passenger has committed suicide in one of the lavatories. A flight attendant will be bringing her to the jump seat for the rest of the flight".
Kyle was a bit confused and asked. "They're bringing the body to which jump seat?".
Captain Rocks pointed to the observer's seat in the cockpit.
Kyle felt a chill run down his spine. After all these years of training, he was never expecting to fly with a corpse sitting right behind him for 7 and a half hours straight.
"No! I can't do this!".
Captain Rocks was beginning to lose his patience.
"YOU EITHER LIVE WITH IT, OR YOU GET SUSPENDED FROM FLYING FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS!".
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03.00. Mid-flight between Honolulu and Sydney:
"OK, we're clear of turbulence. I'm turning off the seatbelt sign".
Joe flicked a switch from the overhead panel and a chime could be heard in the cabin.
"Are we gonna take revenge on those bitches?". Asked Gwen.
"What do you have in mind?". Asked Joe.
"Circuit breaker?". Suggested Gwen.
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The flight deck contains a circuit breaker panel for each system onboard the plane. If the electrical current running across the circuit is too high, the system will automatically disconnect itself. When the system disconnects, a switch leading to the system pops out. The pilot can push the system button to restart the system. In this case, they can pull out the switch to manually stop a system such as the lights or the ovens in the galley.
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"You girls are too complicated!". Joe laughed.
Joe opened his briefcase and took out a handful of cockroaches.
"EWWW!!!. WHAT ARE THOSE?!?". Gwen squeaked.
"This is what happens when you often have layovers in Beijing. You visit a flea market and buy all sorts of shit including toys. It cost me 1 dollar, for 5 cockroaches. Plus, there's an on button to make them run in circles".
"Right!. The last time I flew to Bali, there were cockroaches in the hotel we stayed at. Sarah was freaked out when she saw a swarm of them running around!".
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Sarah started placing the lobster tails into the oven to prepare the passenger's dinners. She kneeled to remove the bottles of scotch from the drinks cart when she noticed something in the corner of her eye.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!".
Amanda and Lara looked at each other at the back of the plane.
"Did you hear that?". Asked Lara.
A series of screams were heard again.
"Shit!". Exclaimed Amanda as she and Lara ran to the front of the plane.
Lara and Amanda slipped through the galley curtains, and found the rest of the flight attendants embracing each other in a pile for dear life.
"What's the matter?". Asked Amanda?.
Sarah quivered as she pointed her finger to the floor. Amanda and Lara looked at where Sarah was pointing, and gave a blood curdling scream. Seeing 5 cockroaches crawling around at 30000 feet was not a good thing. The two of them joined the pile of flight attendants and grabbed onto them for dear life.
Gwen and Joe went absolutely mental as they laughed at the flight attendant's reaction. The two of them were looking at the security camera located outside of the flight deck door, providing a perfect view of the revenge they had cast.
"That was priceless!. Lara and Amanda were scared shitless when they found out why the girls were screaming". Wheezed Gwen, trying to recover from her laughter.
"I'm going to heroically save them". Winked Joe as he pressed a button to move his seat backwards. He stood up, and went to open the door of the flight deck.
Sarah turned her head from the crew, and saw the captain walk out of the cockpit. Joe picked up a cockroach and brought it to the bundle of flight attendants.
"Get that thing away from me!". Shrieked one of the girls.
"You see that red button on its belly?. All I have to do is press it.....". Joe pressed the button and the cockroach's legs stopped moving. "And it stops moving".
Joe turned off the rest of the cockroaches and put them into his breast pocket.
"I'm sure you are all fully aware this is revenge from that prank you played on Gwen and me before boarding, so let this be a lesson to you all. I want you all to apologise to Gwen and me or else something much worse will happen to you all".
"We're sorry". They all chorused.
"That's not good enough!. Get down on your knees and bow before us".
The girls all stood in a line and bowed before them.
"Sorry Captain Joe Williams. Sorry First Officer Gwen Miles. We will never do it again!".
Gwen was watching the entire scene from the flight deck and grinning at the respect she was getting.
"You have been forgiven, you may stand now". Said Joe. He wasn't completely finished yet though. "Sarah, go make me a sandwich and bring it to the cockpit!".
"You sexist son of a bitch!". Shouted Gwen from the cockpit.
"On second thoughts, Sarah!. Make us 2 sandwiches and bring them to the cockpit!". He requested.