Every year the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) decide to pop over to Santas to do a check ride and make sure all is in order before he sets off on his round the world delivery tour. They give him the once over and make sure hes in good health and all his reindeers are firing on all cylinders too.

Fortuantely because of Santas age he doesn’t have to pay for his medical anymore and the CAA do it free of charge.

The CAA examiner does a walkround of Santas sled and checks all things are in oreder. He checks the skids have not rusted, the leather harnesses have not torn and his instruments are responding. He also checks Ruldoph’s nose is bright red and all the reindeer have checked into their posistions and are ready for the departure.

Santa gets in followed by the examiner to go on a quick check flight before the main flight on Christmas Eve. Just as Santa checks everything has been stowed properly and has turned on the cargo hold heat as to make sure all those puppies dont freeze to death once at altitude, Santa notices something very strange;

The examiner has brought along a shotgun with him. Somewhat confused and concerned about this, especially as it wasn’t noted on the manifest, Santa quietly confronts the examiner on what he was intending to do with the offending item.

The examiner replies to Santa and tells him “I shouldn’t really tell you this in advance, but you’re going to experience an engine failure on take off”.