It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus, and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio:
“Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!”
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive.
He loops back next to the Airbus and asks:
“Well, how was that?”
The Airbus pilot answers:
“Very impressive, but watch this!”
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens.
It continues to fly straight, at the same speed.
After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios:
“Well, how was that?”
Confused, the jet pilot asks:
“What did you do?”
The Airbus pilot laughs and says:
“I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry.”
The moral of the story is:
When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seem great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.