A kid, 4-5, and his father got on. The real outgoing little kid asked if could visit the cockpit. The Flight Attendant brought him up.
The kid says “How ya doin” looks around and says: “Look at all those round dials. There must be 59 of them.” He then asked some typical little kid questions – What does this and that do. He asked why there were two control wheels.
The Captain said: “Sometimes I fly and sometimes he flies.”
The kid says: “What - do you get tired?” Then he says: “See ya” and returns to his seat.
PBI-PHL with a lot of time to kill, and I got curious and decided to count the dials. It came up to 59. I couldn’t believe it! So the Captain and I both counted. Sure enough – 59. I stood in the door to talk to his Dad as they left. I was sure the kid had been up visiting before and somebody had told him how many dials there were. Much to my amazement, his Dad said it was the first time his kid had been up front – Go figure. Plane was a 737-300.