ALWAYS ASK, NEVER ASSUME

[GusMcRae]

His  request approved, the CNN News photographer quickly  used
a cell phone to call the local airport to charter  a flight.

He was told a twin-engine plane  would be waiting for him at the airport.

Arriving  at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a  hanger.

He jumped in with his bag, slammed  the door shut, and shouted, 'Let's go'.

The pilot  taxied out, swung the plane into the wind and took  off.

Once in the air, the photographer  instructed the pilot, 'Fly over the valley and make low passes so I can take  pictures of the fires on the hillsides.'

'Why?'  asked the pilot.

'Because I'm a photographer for  CNN' , he responded, 'and I need to get some close up  shots.'

The pilot was strangely silent for a  moment, finally he stammered, 'So, what you're telling me, is . . .  You're NOT my  flight instructor?'