A short trip

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have leveled out at 9,000 feet...

Huh? What?! Was I napping? Did the pilot just say, "leveled out at 9,000 feet?" Who levels out at 9,000 feet? You pass through 10,000 feet (Where it is now safe to use approved portable electronics...)

You level out between 30,000 and 41,000 feet.

Weird.

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

We will be returning to Seattle...

Why would we want to do that? We just left there and climbed to 9,000 feet.

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

As you can probably hear, we have a high pitched whine coming from the cockpit [And it's not our flight attendants] and we're not sure what's causing it. Don't worry, it's safe. The engines are both working...

Well, that's reassuring, I guess.

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

...But to be safe, and because it makes it very difficult for us to hear one another, we're going to return to SEA.

Flight attendants, please prepare the cabin for arrival...

Aw, come on. Do you really need to hear one another? Can't you just use the radio? Do we really have to delay several hours, just because some random piece of hardware in the cockpit is making a mystery noise you haven't heard before and can't fix? Stick in some ear plugs, and call it good. It's like when I fixed the brake warning light on my dashboard by covering it with electrical tape.

Come to think of it, that wasn't the best idea either. Okay. SEA here we come. Ooooh pretty view of Elliott Bay....