A flight attendant led the pilot back to the seat where a hysterical man was sitting.
“This man has a fear of flying,” the flight attendant said to the pilot, “and he says you told him you weren’t feeling good about the flight.”
The pilot saw the man and laughed. The hysterical man wore a Buckeyes shirt. The pilot explained. “I saw this guy’s shirt and said, ‘Go Buckeyes.’”
“So why does he think we’re going to crash?” the flight attendant asked.
“I don’t know. We talked about the game for a second, and I said I didn’t feel great about it.”
The hysterical man looked up at these words. “You weren’t talking about the flight?”
“No,” the pilot said. “I could fly this plane in my sleep.”
The man looked at the pilot and the flight attendant and was calm for a moment. Then he started screaming, “The pilot says he’s going to sleep while he’s flying!”
Panic ensued on the plane. The pilot shrugged. If they couldn’t take off, at least he could watch the game.