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Santa Claus flight inspection

Santa Claus, upon trudging out to his sleigh for his annual night freight trip around the world, was surprised to find a guy with a shotgun standing next to his rig. Santa asked him why he was there.

The man replied: “I’m from the FAA, and this is an unscheduled 135 inspection. I’ll ride right seat.” Santa responded, “With all due respects, sir, I’ve been doing this flight for over 700 years but if you insist, well, let’s go.”

As they both climbed into the sleigh, Santa noticed that the FAA inspector brought his shotgun along with him, placing it in his lap, with his finger on the trigger. Santa queried, “What’s the shotgun for?” To which the FAA inspector grumbled: “You’re going to lose two on takeoff…”

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Matthew Stibbe is CEO of Articulate Marketing and Turbine, the easy, online way to deal with office paperwork. He has an FAA CPL/IR and an EASA PPL/IR and sometimes flies a Cirrus SR-22. He also writes about wine at Vincarta and being a better manager at Geek Boss.
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