A Commuter Airline flight was approaching Seattle when the fog rolled in. Unable to see the ground, the pilot began to circle
in a holding pattern until he was becoming low on fuel. As it was a small plane, the passengers could see what the pilot was doing
in the cockpit. While circling, he slowly descended until they started to go under the fog, and discovered he was circling a building.
Inside the building was a man watching the circling plane.
The pilot still wasn't sure of his location, so he slid open his cockpit window, and yelled to the man "Where am I?"
"In an Airplane" was the reply from the man in the building.
The pilot immediately straightened out his flight, flew a few miles, and made a perfect landing. The passengers applauded the
landing, and when they got off, one of them asked the pilot how he knew where the airport was.
"Simple", replied the pilot. "When the man in the building said I was in an airplane, the answer was both 100% correct
and completely useless. I then knew we were circling Microsoft Technical Support. The airport is 5 miles due east of there."
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