British Comedy Guide

The upgrade, end ain't the best.

internal of a passenger plane a mid 30's couple (man and woman) are just settling into their seats when a camp male air steward comes up and says quietly so as not to let the other passengers hear.

'hi'er...how would you two like to upgrade? Two spare seats have just come up at the front of the plane, (winks and points to the first class section).

They look at each other and smilingly agree and nod

man - 'Ok, yeah, that'd be great'

The steward leads them off and the man turns clenching a fist and mouths 'you beauty' to his girlfriend who smiling and excited is still collecting her bag from the overhead compartment. They all walk through the dividing curtain between cattle and first class, the woman running to catch up,

Cut to interior of cock pit.

steward walks past the camera followed by the couple.

Steward - 'there you go'

pushes the man into the pilots seat, hands him the pilots head set

Steward - 'and....there you go'

as he pushes the woman into the co pilots seat, handing her the co-pilots headset. They look bemused at each other and around at the controls. He then puts a hand on each of their shoulders as he crouches between the two seats to speak patronisingly to them.

Steward - 'Enjoy the flight! Oh and let me know if you need anything'

Steward minces off self satisfied and locks the cock pit door.

the couple look at each other and tut. After a few seconds and with the pilots headsets in hand.

woman - 'ah well it's still better than Ryan Air'

man (looks at her) - 'true'

They put their headsets on, the man flips a switch on the console above him and looks at the controls focussed and professional

man - 'engine'

woman - 'check'

man - 'flaps'

woman - 'check'

man - altimeter

fade out.

Hi Karlos - this wasn't a "great1". The landing was a bit too soft.

MAN: Engines?

WOMAN: Looks out the window: Still there.

MAN: Flaps?

WOMAN: All tucked up and bit dry.

Hey Karlos.

I actually thought this could work if you ended it after the line 'let me know if you need anything'

Hey Karlos. Not sure it works at the moment as it lacks a focus. Are they suddenly going to learn how to fly? Why is the steward so happy to be puttig his life at risk? etc.

Perhaps the way to fix it is for this to be a Ryanair flight. Another brilliant cost-cutting measure - they've now done away with those expensive pilots and navigators? It might lead you into a more fertile area.

I quite like it as it is, irrational and pointless. No bad thing in my book.

LOL. Nice visual in cockpit, good stuff. :D

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