About 90 fifth-graders piled into the airliner. Once we were in the air, the crew pleaded with the children to settle down so the beverages could be served and the other passengers could get some sleep. No amount of reasoning seemed to help, until I thought of the solution that actually worked: I picked up the PA mike in the cockpit and announced, “Children, this is the captain speaking. Don't make me stop this airplane and come back there.”
大約90個五年級小學(xué)生上了飛機。我們升空以后,機組人員懇求孩子們坐下來,以便為乘客提供飲料,也可以讓其他乘客睡覺。看來沒有什么理由可以說服他們。后來我想出一個主意,結(jié)果還真管用。我拿起駕駛艙里的話筒說:“孩子們,我是機長。你們再不聽話,我就讓飛機停下來,開回去?!?