A team of biologists hires a pair of bush pilots to fly them into Alaska's backcountry. Their credentials claim they have made thousands of successful round-trips from their small country airport, into the Alaskan bush, and the price was amazingly low. During a telephone conversation, the pilots indicate that the crew must meet them at their small airport, as they are uncomfortable landing in busy major airports. Given their low prices, the biology team decided it is worth the extra trouble and proceeds to book the flight.

The team reaches the small ranch airport and meet the pilot and co-pilot, who turn out to be a pair of idiot brothers. An uneasy feeling pervades the team as they pass through some rough weather. After battling a strong head wind, the plain runs low on fuel and they are forced to make an unexpected landing at a major airport. The idiot pilot starts circling around, trying to get lined up on the runway. As he approaches the strip, he panics at the last minute and pulls the plane's nose up into a steep climb.

"Damn!" he says, "That is the SHORTEST runway I have ever seen! How is anyone supposed to land on it?" Since it's the only runway for a hundred miles, he decides to try again, with the same scary results. Getting pretty irritated, the pilot says to his co-pilot and crew, "All right, I'm going to try ONE more time, and if I can't land it we're just going to crash and hope we don't die." So they end up crashing, and miraculously no one aboard is hurt.

When they crawl out of the wreckage, the pilot is swearing and gesticulates wildly at the runway. "I'm gonna find whoever designed this crazy @#$#@ runway and wring his neck! He must be total moron! No one could land on anything that short!"

The co-pilot looks around and says "Yeah, but look how wide it is!"