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The flight is a mixture of ordinary businessmen and a blind people's convention, which starts to run into trouble when an unexpected rain squall hits and a "mad bomber" (in an ironic sense) calmly and quietly sets his plan into motion, drugging the drink of the man sitting next to him with a powerful hallucinogenic, then taking advantage of the turmoil to plant the bomb under a passenger's seat, sneak a gas pellet into the captain's cabin to knock out the pilot, then to the cargo hold to
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skyscraper. The destruction is then revealed to be a simulator and the duo was taking an exam in pilot school, causing the two to be attrited for unsatisfactory performance. Unemployed and out of options, they enroll in
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The plane is brought under control by Philo with the help of autopilot, but as his contacts were stepped on and broken earlier, he cannot see well at all. He directs staff to look for missing passengers and they discover the mad bomber is no longer on the plane. Philo correctly suspects he planted a
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Kelly discovers the bomb and presents it to the team. The back of the plane is evacuated, then George and Jolean try to disable it before running away when realizing it will detonate. It explodes, blowing a hole in fuselage, causing Jolean to be sucked back. The width of her backside was sufficient
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can prove reputable. The group agrees to work together to make it a profitable flight when they hear rumors of an FAA evaluator onboard. Still not content, Grummet has gotten herself assigned to be purser, saying she will oversee them and if
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to plug the hole perfectly and the plane remains in flight. In the cockpit, Philo is struggling to land the plane as he explains to Kelly he has a rare condition called binocular vision. Kelly holds a pair of binoculars the wrong way, which corrects Philo's vision and he is able to work the plane.
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not stewards like George, Philo or Larry (their homosexual classmate). When the entire group graduates
Weidermeyer, she resorts to her secondary plan as she is responsible for jobs. When everyone graduates, stewardesses are given jobs with reputable airlines such as
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player who refuses George's orders not to smoke. The group starts to gel together, with George learning to start applying himself to a career and Philo finding common ground with the "jinx girl" due to his similar eye problems.
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arranged for her to enroll in
Weidermeyer as part of a work-release program, a gay man (Larry Falkwell), and an extremely clumsy woman (Kelly Johnson). The group has standard classes about emergencies, etiquette, and
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Philo get put in a group full of misfits, including a lady wrestler (Wanda
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from Sugar to calm him down. He states that it was the best flight of his life and the case is dismissed resulting in celebrations all round.
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