I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
By the time we took off, there had been a 45-minute
delay and everybody on board was ticked.

Unexpectedly, we stopped in Sacramento on the way.
The flight attendant explained that there would be
another 45-minute delay, and if we wanted to get off
the aircraft, we would reboard in 30 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman
who was blind.  I noticed him as I walked by and could
tell he had flown before because his Seeing Eye dog
lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him
throughout the entire flight.  I could also tell he had flown
this very flight before because the pilot approached him
and, calling him by name, said, "Keith, we're in
Sacramento for almost an hour.  Would you like to get
off and stretch your legs?"  Keith replied, "No thanks,
but maybe my dog would like to stretch his legs."

Picture this All the people in the gate area came to a
completely quiet standstill when they looked up and
saw the pilot walk off the plane with the Seeing Eye
dog!  The pilot was even wearing sunglasses. People
scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they
also were trying to change airlines!