Guess who I carried on my plane today?

[PilotMan]

???










Hint one:

A Super Bowl winning Quarterback.












Hint two:


Flight from Cincinnati - Cleveland













If you guessed --------







Trent Dilfer


YOU WIN!!!!!


I said to him as he was trying to exit unnoticed, "See ya Trent." To which he looked up and said, "Bye." It was funny watching him trying really hard not to be noticed.

He officially passes Michael Chang as most famous athlete that I have carried.


That is all.

[RendeR]

Kewl deal for you man. I always liked Dilfer, the guy has succeeded everywhere even when told he couldn't every time. Class act.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

He seemed to do a pretty good job of not being noticed on the field in Cleveland this year too.

Sorry. I couldn't help myself... I actually like Dilfer too!

[Butter]

Trent got a little whiny when they decided to start Charlie Frye over him.

Personally, I'd be more excited about carrying Michael Chang, he always seemed like a good guy.

[Klinglerware]

Trent Dilfer is more famous than Michael Chang?

[Ksyrup]

They only semi-famous person I ever even flew "with" (knowingly, I guess) was Vlade Divac. Charlotte to LA. Betcha couldn't figure that route out, huh?

[PilotMan]

I did ride on a plane with my Dad. He recognized and struck up a conversation with Bart Starr. that was pretty cool too.

[Ben E Lou]

Aaron Neville and Morris Day (different flights) are my two most famous flight companions.

Trent Dilfer is more famous than Michael Chang?I guess it depends on who you ask. I have no idea who Michael Chang is. I'm not sure I've even heard his name before reading it in this thread.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I guess it depends on who you ask. I have no idea who Michael Chang is.

I think he's one of these guys (but I'm not sure which one)


http://www.wangchung.com/bio/images/hitmebaby/hitmebabypromo.jpg

[JonInMiddleGA]

Dola -- you've all got me beat. AFAIK, the most famous person I've ever flown with was Sean Willingham ... and no, he's not related to Tyrone.

[Bee]

Guess who I carried on my plane today?

Pretty sad you had to carry him onto the plane. lazy bastard.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Pretty sad you had to carry him onto the plane. lazy bastard.

I'm not surprised. You know how these spoiled athletes can be.

[Bee]

Isn't Michael Chang a tennis player? I'm not sure, but the name sounds familiar.

[Kodos]

I saw a bunch of ESPN guys (Dan Patrick and Sean Salisbury) at O'Hare. And Wolf Blitzer at the airport in Vegas.

[Northwood_DK]

I guess this is the guy.

http://www.tennisfreunde-much.de/images/impressionen/Michael_Chang_01.jpg

[cartman]

I flew from Milan to DC with Howie Long a couple of years ago. This was about 6 months after 9/11, so it was reassuring to have a Hall of Fame defensive lineman sitting in 1C... :D

[Ksyrup]

Does he still have the Ralph Machio "I look 12 but am really 37" thing going on?

[Bee]

I guess this is the guy.

http://www.tennisfreunde-much.de/images/impressionen/Michael_Chang_01.jpg

Is that a tennis ball in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

[gstelmack]

I always liked Dilfer, the guy has succeeded everywhere even when told he couldn't every time.Except Tampa.

[Butter]

Or Cleveland for that matter.

[Bee]

Or Cleveland for that matter.

Or Seattle

[Chas in Cinti]

Let's see... I flew from Atlanta to Augusta, GA with Ray Knight (Nancy Lopez picked him up at airport and I met both), from Cincinnati to Newark with Chris Collinsworth, from Las Vegas to Cincinnati with the UC basketball team, from New Orleans to Houston with the Tulane basketball team (when they were good), and finally from La Guardia to Atlanta with Bernadette Peters (she fell into me on the train while switching terminals.... smoking hot... can't believe she's as old as is reported). I fly a lot...

-Chas

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I think he's one of these guys (but I'm not sure which one)


http://www.wangchung.com/bio/images/hitmebaby/hitmebabypromo.jpg
I'm guessing that on this flight, everybody had fun...

[Hammer755]

I was on a flight with Randy Pfund out of OKC a few years back. I noticed him becuase of the giant NBA Championship ring on his finger, but didn't realize who it was until his ticket was run through the scanner just before mine and his last name popped up. IIRC, he was GM of the Heat at the time, but he was flying coach just a few rows ahead of me.

I also met Jim Harrick at the airport in Pittsburgh.

[Hammer755]

Let's see... I flew from Atlanta to Augusta, GA with Ray Knight (Nancy Lopez picked him up at airport and I met both), from Cincinnati to Newark with Chris Collinsworth, from Las Vegas to Cincinnati with the UC basketball team, from New Orleans to Houston with the Tulane basketball team (when they were good), and finally from La Guardia to Atlanta with Bernadette Peters (she fell into me on the train while switching terminals.... smoking hot... can't believe she's as old as is reported). I fly a lot...

-Chas
Dola

Remind me to never, ever fly with you. :D

[dacman]

One of these:

http://grant7.typepad.com/trilogy/images/Katzenberg-9-10-03_sm.jpg


http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1048962921764_2003/04/04/Latifah,0.jpg


Most famous athlete:

http://www.cofc.edu/connections/alumni/images/2004AlumniAwardsBanquet/2004AlumniAward_AnthonyJohnson.jpg

[bosshogg23]

Flew with Mitch Albom once on a Philly to Det flight. At the airport he was about the only guy in the terminal reading a paper instead of watching wild card weekend(this was 2002).

[AZSpeechCoach]

I had Bill Walton on a flight I was taking from San Diego to Phoenix right after Thanksgiving. He looks even worse in person than he does on TV.

[korme]

i met max montoya

[Draft Dodger]

I flew to Tampa a few years ago for the NHL All-Star game and Jaromir Jagr and Martin Straka got on the plane when we stopped in Pittsburgh. Jagr sat behind me. I was wearing a Sens jersey, and Straka (a former Senator) gave me a really funny look.

A year or so later, my wife and I flew to Scranton PA and changed planes in Philadelphia. Saw Franco Harris waiting in the terminal for his flight to State College.

so, I guess the moral of the story is change planes in Pennsylvania.

[Bearcat729]

i met max montoya


I deliver pizza to Brian Simmons and Jonathan Fanene of the Bengals

[Glengoyne]

Paging IMetTrentGreen.

[gottimd]

Without even reading the thread....let me guess.....is it.....Trent Dilfer?

[albionmoonlight]

I saw Sebastian Janakowski double fisting outside of an Irish Pub when Fla. St. was in N.O. for the Sugar Bowl.

I shared an elevator ride with Eric Estrada.

[Glengoyne]

I see Trent Dilfer around town quite a bit. Numerous baseball games...his seats are just a few rows behind mine, and actually at the Theatre once with his wife.

I've always felt he was a class act, and by most all accounts he has the respect of everyone in the locker room.

Oh I once flew with Boris Becker, Roger Craig damn near knocked me down once in the San Francisco Airport. We bumped shoulders heading opposite directions..and damn he was solid.

[Subby]

I DRIVE A DODGE STRATUS!!!@@11!

[MIJB#19]

You mean Michael Chang is famous outside of the USA, yet most of the American people don't even know who he is?

[andy m]

he plays tennis, why would anyone care who he is?

[lighthousekeeper]

most famous person I flew with (Dayton to Las Vegas):
http://deoxy.org/w3t/uploads/14-12002-jesus.gif

most famous athlete I flew with (Austin to Toronto):
http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/images/Pushpuppet%20Page/pp-gobot.jpg

[dawgfan]

I'm guessing that on this flight, everybody had fun...
Everybody Wang Chung'd...

[tucker342]

Most famous person I've been on a flight with is Cindy Crawford. That's about it for me.

[Dutch]

That's awesome PilotMan.

As weird as it actually is, Trent Dilfer is probably my most favorite football player of all time.

[pennywisesb]

I once flew on a flight with Janet Reno of all people. I also was on a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles with Elden Campbell back when he was with the Lakers.

[RPI-Fan]

James Thomas, probably. (How'd you guess that I don't fly very much?) :D

[RPI-Fan]

...

I shared an elevator ride with Eric Estrada.

Did he try and sell you some Swampland in Tennessee?

[PilotMan]

That's awesome PilotMan.

As weird as it actually is, Trent Dilfer is probably my most favorite football player of all time.
Funny thing was that he was my QB in eNFL this season, and lead the Bills to the playoffs again, despite leading the league in INT's. I wanted to say something about it to him.

[PilotMan]

dola

I walked right by John Cena in Atlanta today. Wierd how these things come in bunches.

[ThunderingHERD]

3 or 4 years ago, I was out of school for a while and got a sweet gig doing "security" for the suite level at the Lowes Motor Speedway during the races. Basically, we just stood at the stairwell occassionally. Anyway, I went to take a piss, and on the way back I see this tall, wide dude standing outside of the (I think) Coca Cola box. I get closer and I'm thinking "dang, that guy looks just like Troy Aikman." He's by himself, looks like he's waiting for someone else to come out. When I walk by him I kind of nod and say hey, he nods back. Because my brain wasn't at all on the lookout for any sort of celebrity (I live 20 minutes from there, and probably wouldn't recognize the nascar famous) it wasn't until the second that I passed him that my brain finally realized that it was, in fact, Troy Aikman.

[Karlifornia]

I saw Jerry Rice at Q-Zar (laser tag place that used to be the bay area) on my 12th or 13th birthday. I went to ask him for an autograph, but I guess I got a little starstruck and ended up holding up a pen and paper in stunned silence as he walked by.

[Karlifornia]

Dola-


Oh! I forgot that one time I had lunch with Merton Hanks back during his heyday. This was when Jim Druckenmiller was playing QB for the Niners, and I got him to admit that Druckenmiller sucked :D

[Ragone]

I guess this is the guy.

http://www.tennisfreunde-much.de/images/impressionen/Michael_Chang_01.jpg


hmm, jackie chan starred in a tennis movie?

[Craptacular]

I sat a few rows behind former Secretary of HHS and WI gov Tommy Thompson on a flight to Denver. I also almost literally walked into Diamond Dallas Page in the terminal at Milwaukee. The most famous person I ever carried in a plane I was flying was my dad ... in his plane.

[PilotMan]

For all you ATL folks, I had the mayor of Atlanta on my plane today. She was flying in from Portland, ME. Had the police escort when she got off the plane, posed for pics and chatted a while. Thought that was interesting.

[SuperGrover]

Michael Chang had his own Reebok Pump commercial at one point. Man, those were the days.

[Vinatieri for Prez]

Most famous flying with: Tom Osborne.

Most famous in an airport: Brent Musberger (in the bar)

Most famous in a bar: Bernie Kosar (in Vancouver, Canada about 15 years ago if you can believe it).

[INDalltheway]

One of the chick wrestlers sat two rows behind me. She was freaking hot and I wanted to give her some of 12 year old body. :D

[BuffaloHuskey]

I shared a filght with Run DMC. I sat right across from Reverend Run, flying from Chicago to Houston and then from Houston to some small airport which is near South Padre Island. Their manager hooked us up with tickets for the show in SPI. We also took pictures with them. Overall, pretty cool experience.

I once shared an elevator with Will Clark in Knoxville, TN. It was great because he was my favorite baseball player as a kid.

Other than that, I don't have too many random encounters with celebrities.

[kcchief19]

I'm incredibly disappointed that this thread doesn't have a single John Travolta reference.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I sold a set of dumbells to comedian Richard Lewis.

[ice4277]

I sold a set of dumbells to comedian Richard Lewis.

I once saw Cecil Fielder, in his Tigers heyday, looking at treadmills at the sports authority in Madison Heights. I guess that didn't work out too well for him.

[CraigSca]

I flew with Wayne Newton one time. He was on the plane with his wife and newborn. He didn't look anywhere near as nice without his pancake makeup.

[Toddzilla]

I was on a cuise a few years ago that my wife set up. It turned out to be a baseball cruise with all these current and former major leaguers. I got to hob-nob with:

Bob Feller
Jack Morris
Vida Blue
Jeff Reardon (pre-arrest)
Tony Oliva
Enos Slaughter
Jason Giambi (pre-roids blow up)
Brooks Robinson
Earl Weaver (pre-dead)
Mickey Lolich
and a collection of scrubs like Benny Agbayani and Kelly Wunsch

and when I say hob-nob, I got to talk to them, take pictues, get autographs, eat lunch, etc. I played blackjack for a few hours with Jeff Reardon and got to chat for a long time with Jason Giambi and his girlfriend on a shore excursion (this was after his MVP year with the A's - he said he loved playing there and would never leave for a NY or LA :rolleyes: )

Coolest. Vacation. EVAR.

[kcchief19]

On the subject of airports, I once saw Jungle Jack Hanna at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport.

The star of my high school's 10th anniversary reunion was this guy named Kirby who works for Microsoft and once took a leak next to Bill Gates.

[lighthousekeeper]

This thread should be renamed to:

Namesakes On A Plane

[CraigSca]

Earl Weaver (pre-dead)


Earl Weaver would probably be surprised to hear that he died.

[Toddzilla]

Earl Weaver would probably be surprised to hear that he died.As am I to learn he isn't. :)

[Izulde]

I was on a cuise a few years ago that my wife set up. It turned out to be a baseball cruise with all these current and former major leaguers. I got to hob-nob with:

Bob Feller
Jack Morris
Vida Blue
Jeff Reardon (pre-arrest)
Tony Oliva
Enos Slaughter
Jason Giambi (pre-roids blow up)
Brooks Robinson
Earl Weaver (pre-dead)
Mickey Lolich
and a collection of scrubs like Benny Agbayani and Kelly Wunsch

and when I say hob-nob, I got to talk to them, take pictues, get autographs, eat lunch, etc. I played blackjack for a few hours with Jeff Reardon and got to chat for a long time with Jason Giambi and his girlfriend on a shore excursion (this was after his MVP year with the A's - he said he loved playing there and would never leave for a NY or LA :rolleyes: )

Coolest. Vacation. EVAR.

Sounds like a pretty kickass wife you have to arrange that cruise for you :)

[Ryan W.]

Sat right next to and talked with Christian Laettner from Washington-Dulles to Charlotte. It was back when he was playing with the Wizards. I got up the nerve to talk to him after his wife (who is SMOKING hot) fell asleep next to me. He was a good guy and not what I was expecting. He talked about how he wished that he could have stayed in Minnesota to play with KG (he also met his wife there) and that Kwame Brown was not much of a ball player (I believe his words were a little stronger than that).

It just happened to be that I was on my way to Atlanta to the ill-fated .400 Developers conference where I met Markus, Andreas, Arlie Raht and the infamous Joe Stallings. Ah, good times.

[Toddzilla]

Sounds like a pretty kickass wife you have to arrange that cruise for you :)You're not kidding! And to give you a little more perspective -- she was planning on keeping this a secret until we were actually on the cruise, and then presumably I'd bump into Dave Winfield and shit myself in surprise. However, she knew how important it would be to me to be able to collect autographs, so she broke the secret a few days in advance allowing me to run down to the local Mega-Sports-Mart and load up on supplies - a few dozen baseballs, a dozen caps, some jerseys, a few bats. It was an autograph hound's dream come true.

[Craptacular]

Another perfectly good threadkill ruined.

[Craptacular]

Ok, that was weird. I posted in another thread and it correctly labeled the post at 9:08 central. Then I post in this thread a little later and it gets labeled as 8:25 PM, and consequently is down the page. hmmmmmmmm

[PilotMan]

She didn't ride on my plane, but I was about two feet from her getting off the plane that I was picking up. And no matter what, she is still hot. Jessica Simpson.

[DaddyTorgo]

haha - nice!

[Chief Rum]

Where was Tony?

[korme]

trent dilfer is the best addition espn has acquired in a long time

[DrAFTjunkie]

Aaron Neville and Morris Day (different flights) are my two most famous flight companions.

I guess it depends on who you ask. I have no idea who Michael Chang is. I'm not sure I've even heard his name before reading it in this thread.

Morris Day is the f'ing man. Far more impressive to me that anyone else mentioned. "Ice Cream Castles" is one of my favorite albums of all time, and no, I'm not kidding.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

She didn't ride on my plane, but I was about two feet from her getting off the plane that I was picking up. And no matter what, she is still hot. Jessica Simpson.

Any word on whether she had to purchase 2 seats?

And yes, I'd still hit it.

[DaddyTorgo]

Huh - guess I never shared my brush with celebrity here in this thread. Warning - they are soccer players, so most of you probably will laugh.

This was way back in 2000. I was working at Starbucks in my hometown of Wellesley. Well one night I'm standing there working and I see this guy walking by me to use the bathroom and I'm thinking "Hey that guy looks amazingly like John Harkes if Harkes lost like 10 pounds." But I only got a brief profile shot of him. So I repositioned myself and when he came out of the bathroom I got a great look, and it was indeed John Harkes. I said something to him like "Hey...you're John Harkes aren't you?" He said yeah, I said nice to meet you...etc. He said "Hey...if you're a fan, come on outside, there's somebody you'll want to meet." So I go outside with him, and sitting out in front of the store having a coffee with him is none other than Eric Wynalda!!

So I stood out there and shot the shit with them a bit about the USMNT and the upcoming NE Revolution season, and got autographs from both of them. Couple of class acts.


My brother was having lunch at the local fast-food Mexican place here in town last year on an early-release day from school along with about 100 other kids when Kevin Youkilis came in to pickup an order of burritos for the team (he lives a town over). He ended up staying for over an hour signing autographs.

Oh, and one of our clients is John Cena's Uncle.

[PilotMan]

Any word on whether she had to purchase 2 seats?

And yes, I'd still hit it.

Dude, I think that those pics were a bad wardrobe choice. That girl is curvy, but in no way is she fat. She looks good.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Dude, I think that those pics were a bad wardrobe choice. That girl is curvy, but in no way is she fat. She looks good.

Hey, I said I'd still hit it! :D

[Lorena]

what pix? i missed 'em

[Cringer]

I can't think of anyone famous I have met, run in to. I do remember hearing things from my father about some, years ago when he was the security director of the Beverly Center mall. I remember going there a bunch but never saw anyone.

Celebs should hang out in truck stops more.

[Cringer]

what pix? i missed 'em

google 'Jessica Simpson fat' and that should get you to some pics. She is at least guilty of wearing horrible clothes.

[sterlingice]

what pix? i missed 'em

I don't want to be the one pointing this out, but why is Lorena looking for pics of an "allegedly hot chick"... just saying ;)

SI

[Autumn]

Funny thing was that he was my QB in eNFL this season, and lead the Bills to the playoffs again, despite leading the league in INT's. I wanted to say something about it to him.

This would have been Most Awkward Fan Conversation ever. "So, I have an imaginary football team in an imaginary football league with my friends. On the Internets. And you're my quarterback. Let me talk about how you're doing ..."

[DaddyTorgo]

This would have been Most Awkward Fan Conversation ever. "So, I have an imaginary football team in an imaginary football league with my friends. On the Internets. And you're my quarterback. Let me talk about how you're doing ..."

Probably not really. I mean these guys are at least aware of fantasy football - you just sort of couch it in those terms, or in terms of like Madden.

"So I play this stat-freak's version of a football game - like Madden kind-of. And in my multiplayer league you're the QB of my team and you led us to the championship."

*shrugs* I don't see how that's any worse than all the fantasy-football-fanboys they undoubtedly get assaulted with.

dola

particularly now, after EA's Head Coach and all.

[Autumn]

Well, let's just say I'll classify it among "Very Awkward Conversations" Maybe it's not much worse than other fan conversations, but that's not saying much. Here's to being glad I'm not famous.

[Lorena]

I don't want to be the one pointing this out, but why is Lorena looking for pics of an "allegedly hot chick"... just saying ;)

SI

Cuz I appreciate beauty!

[Matthean]

google 'Jessica Simpson fat' and that should get you to some pics. She is at least guilty of wearing horrible clothes.

I wouldn't be surprised if she's the type of person who puts on a decent amount of weight later on especially after having kids.

http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/344/52/1_28_09_jessica_simpson_1.0.0.0x0.451x600.jpeg

http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/344/52/1_28_09_jessica_simpson_0.0.0.0x0.426x600.jpeg

[Bad-example]

She looks like the catheter lady.

[JediKooter]

Two belts = fat.

[DrAFTjunkie]

Two belts = fat.

Fat, or not fat (I say not) I don't think any of us can deny she looks like she could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.

[DrAFTjunkie]

I blew off a girl (I'll spare the name) who I saw on MTV years later--minor celeb, big name indie, but minor overall. She was intimidating intellectually and even more so talent-wise (I'm a musician myself) and undoubtedly way too much woman for me, but the fact that I could have potentially been one of her "fuck you" songs haunts me to this day. Who knows? Maybe I was. I did walk out on one of her sets after promising to help her load up and let her buy me drinks.

Other than her, I've met, among others, Billy Joel (very cool), Dave Matthews (trying to be invisible), James Taylor (the fucking man, albeit a strange one) and King Kong Bundy, who was coll enough to play video games with me in a hotel in Fla. right after he jobbed to Hogan at one of the mid 80's Wrestlemanias. It was the one that they fought in that weird blue steel cage. And I went to middle school with Joey MacIntyre from NKOTB. He was a whiney bitch and used to cheat at schoolyard games. Years later, after he was who he was, a friend of mine beat his ass senseless for calling his girl the "n" word. Serves him right..."god" must've been watching those freeze tag games. ;)

[PilotMan]

I had the Pats DT Vince Wilfork from Boston today. It looked like he was heading to the Derby tomorrow.

[DaddyTorgo]

I had the Pats DT Vince Wilfork from Boston today. It looked like he was heading to the Derby tomorrow.

Woot!!

Did he have his wife with him? They're so cute.

Didn't know you were in Boston today - cool stuff.

[molson]

I had the Pats DT Vince Wilfork from Boston today. It looked like he was heading to the Derby tomorrow.

I'm just glad the plane landed safely. That's a lot of cargo.

[TroyF]

I've flown a ton (probably 2 times a month over the last six years) and haven't seen anyone famous. Alternatively, I'm so sick of airports I don't even pay attention to anyone anymore.

Heading to Memphis on Sunday, maybe Elvis will fly with me.

[PilotMan]

He looked like he was by himself today, but he had a racing form with him. I wouldn't have recognized him if not for another pilot who lives there. He was wearing a necklace with a picture of he and his wife on it. That was pretty cool. He is a big boy, not as tall as me, but he's got me beat in the physical size department. I was in Boston for a couple hours today as we did a turn (meaning out and back) out of Cincinnati today. Just long enough to grab lunch and a short nap.

[k0ruptr]

thats pretty awesome PM. on another note, for some reason this thread intrigues me and I whenever I see it bumped I get excited.

[miked]

He looked like he was by himself today, but he had a racing form with him. I wouldn't have recognized him if not for another pilot who lives there. He was wearing a necklace with a picture of he and his wife on it. That was pretty cool. He is a big boy, not as tall as me, but he's got me beat in the physical size department. I was in Boston for a couple hours today as we did a turn (meaning out and back) out of Cincinnati today. Just long enough to grab lunch and a short nap.

You sure you don't work for Delta ;)

Edit: Duh. Louisville is a regional airport...so I meant Comair :)

[Pumpy Tudors]

The only celebrity I've seen near a plane was Franco Harris (who was mentioned years ago earlier in this thread). He had just arrived in Pittsburgh on the same plane that I was leaving on. The most interesting thing about that (to me, anyway) is that there is a life-size statue of Franco Harris making the Immaculate Reception in the Pittsburgh airport. You have to walk past that statue to get into or out of the terminal, so it must've been quite a sight for anyone who saw him near the statue as he was leaving.

[Logan]

Was it Santonio Holmes?

[Pumpy Tudors]

Was it Santonio Holmes?
No, it was Franco Harris.

[PilotMan]

Didn't get to say hi, but I had Hugh Jackman on the plane today from Newark to Detroit.

[CrimsonFox]

Michael Chang? Was that that guy in the Nuprin commercial with Jimmy Connors? :)

[CrimsonFox]

I was on a cuise a few years ago that my wife set up. It turned out to be a baseball cruise with all these current and former major leaguers. I got to hob-nob with:

Bob Feller
Jack Morris
Vida Blue
Jeff Reardon (pre-arrest)
Tony Oliva
Enos Slaughter
Jason Giambi (pre-roids blow up)
Brooks Robinson
Earl Weaver (pre-dead)
Mickey Lolich
and a collection of scrubs like Benny Agbayani and Kelly Wunsch

and when I say hob-nob, I got to talk to them, take pictues, get autographs, eat lunch, etc. I played blackjack for a few hours with Jeff Reardon and got to chat for a long time with Jason Giambi and his girlfriend on a shore excursion (this was after his MVP year with the A's - he said he loved playing there and would never leave for a NY or LA :rolleyes: )

Coolest. Vacation. EVAR.


AWESOME trip! Pre-dead Earl Weaver LOLOLOLOL! I HOPE so! :)

[Mustang]

Didn't get to say hi, but I had Hugh Jackman on the plane today from Newark to Detroit.

Don't you ever let anyone in the plane?

[PilotMan]

Don't you ever let anyone in the plane?

Nice ;), I get it from my wife too, for saying I put gas on the car too. I think it's a regional thing.

[Alan T]

Nice ;), I get it from my wife too, for saying I put gas on the car too. I think it's a regional thing.


My wife constantly mixes up "In" and "On" but I always assumed it was because she was first a Spanish speaker and English is a second language for her. (Just to be clear, she is fluent in English and probably speaks it better than I do, just mixes up In and On all of the time)

[rjolley]

Nice ;), I get it from my wife too, for saying I put gas on the car too. I think it's a regional thing.
I must say, I've never heard of gas on the car...

[Sun Tzu]

As a kid I once flew a SF to DC plane with Joe Theisman. What's funny is, my uncle, who was a huge Giants fan, was picking me up at the airport. This was back when you could wait at the gate for people to come off the plane, and he said it took every ounce of will in his body to not yell out "Look out for Lawrence Taylor!"

[PilotMan]

On a flight from San Antonio to Washington-Dulles today:

http://content6.flixster.com/rtactor/42/20/42204_pro.jpg

Today, he actually looked like a man who just came from the YMCA. His wife otoh, was dressed to the nines.

[JediKooter]

Nice! He relay an offer you couldn't refuse?

[CraigSca]

AWESOME trip! Pre-dead Earl Weaver LOLOLOLOL! I HOPE so! :)

Interestingly enough, Earl Weaver is STILL pre-dead.

[Rizon]

I had a friend that once thought he saw Sharon Stone driving in SF. That is all I got.

Actually, I know Piney from Sons of Anarchy.

[JediKooter]

I once flew on a plane with Steve Garvey to Salt Lake City, but, have never been on the same plane as Rizon.

[Suicane75]

I played wiffle ball at 3am with the bassist for Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers.

[Rizon]

but, have never been on the same plane as Rizon.

Or so you think ...

[DaddyTorgo]

Actually, I know Piney from Sons of Anarchy.

O really? That's cool. Tell him that I'm bummed he got killed.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I was on a flight with Hal Sparks last month. That was about as notable as the color of my urine this morning.

[Rizon]

O really? That's cool. Tell him that I'm bummed he got killed.

So is he.

[JediKooter]

I was on a flight with Hal Sparks last month. That was about as notable as the color of my urine this morning.

I heard he hates the Pittsburgh Power.

[stevew]

I was going to guess you were flying former Polish president Lech Wałęsa

[Jack1974]

Saw Minka Kelly on a flight from NY to Miami eight months ago. A stunning woman.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I heard he hates the Pittsburgh Power.
He can go jump off a bridge into lake fuck.

[sterlingice]

He can go jump off a bridge into lake fuck.

:D

SI

[Toddzilla]

I got to shoot hoops with Bob Dylan :)

[PilotMan]

So I'm at LGA yesterday and I'm doing pilot stuff up front with my headset on and talking to ATC and notice that some woman (I assume ground personnel at this point because I'm busy) and I go back to work. Then I get a tap, tap, tap on my shoulder, and a "Hey, Hey", and I proceed to turn around and give this woman a horrible, "why the fuck are you bothering me look" and ignore here. She then proceeds to say, "Hi, it's Liza." And I'm like uhhh, ok, casue I have no idea who she is at this point. So I realize she is still talking to me and she says, "Liza Minnelli". That got my attention, lol, and I proceeded to shake her hand. So yeah, I was rude to Liza Minnelli. The guy I was flying with just laughed because he was just watching all this unfold and he said the look on my face was priceless.

I didn't recognize her because she looked like this:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DBx0A9LHrbI/T2UGR36cwMI/AAAAAAAADBM/-BkGM7kLINo/s1600/liza-minnelli-without-make-up-eyebrows.jpg

Not this, which is how I remember her:

http://www.starscolor.com/images/liza-minnelli-06.jpg

[Lathum]

She should be happy you are so focused on your work since she is flying on a plane you pilot.

[cuervo72]

So...Liza Minnelli just goes up to people to ask them "Hey! Do you recognize me?"

[PilotMan]

We were taking her to Richmond, Va last night. I guess she had a show in Newport tonight, anyway she wanted to ask if there was any way we could go easy on the descent cause her ears cause her a lot of pain. She was very nice to the whole crew, and very thankful afterward.

[Sun Tzu]

I met a bunch of famous Golfers, including Tiger, Phil, etc...because I have a second cousin PGA pro.

Phil is a pool shark, and yes I found that out the hard way. Bastard. Oh, I also had thanksgiving dinner with Phil, his wife, Mark Calcc, my cousin, and my family. I forget the year...I do remember Barry Sanders breaking off a big run that day, so it was a while ago.

I'm sorry...that's what this thread was ultimately turning into, right? :)

[frnk55]

So...Liza Minnelli just goes up to people to ask them "Hey! Do you recognize me?"
:lol: I was kinda wondering that too.

[Kodos]

"By the way, Liza, I don't want you to freak out, but the pilot is going to be in the audience."

[PilotMan]

This man will be somewhat happy that today's game was postponed until tomorrow because he was crabby that he wasn't going to be in Detroit for the start of it. We were on time, so I don't know what his original plans were.

http://www.clearchannel.com/radio/images/Stephen-A-Smith225.jpg

[DaddyTorgo]

This man will be somewhat happy that today's game was postponed until tomorrow because he was crabby that he wasn't going to be in Detroit for the start of it. We were on time, so I don't know what his original plans were.

http://www.clearchannel.com/radio/images/Stephen-A-Smith225.jpg

You couldn't crash the plane? ;)

I kid...I kid. We'd miss you.

[Matthean]

Him, crabby? No, it simply can't be true. :lol:

[JonInMiddleGA]

So...Liza Minnelli just goes up to people to ask them "Hey! Do you recognize me?"

Testing a new ad campaign for American Express

[PilotMan]

She was so nice. We took her from STL to LGA tonight. She says, "Anyone who flies me home has good sex." My wife will be pleased. We are going away for our anniversary this weekend. :)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tcwZ6VuZFaY/TxlbC07SOwI/AAAAAAAALio/CYb7xFMFfWA/s1600/drruth.jpg

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Is it really guessing if you give us a pic?

Shouldn't it be more like "Someone was on the plane. Guess who!"

Then we ponder and make a few stabs in the dark... much like you will be doing this weekend. Happy Anniversary!

[Kodos]

"This is Dr. Ruth, and you are in the air."

[cougarfreak]

That's hilarious.

[JediKooter]

Mmmmm... Mile High Club.

[Grover]

Then we ponder and make a few stabs in the dark... much like you will be doing this weekend. Happy Anniversary!

Ha!

[Drake]

I missed the Liza Minelli story the first time around. Absolutely awesome.

[PilotMan]

It wasn't on my plane per se, but on a flight I was about to get on. I had a nice long chat with Neil Rackers today. He was on his way to Cincy to kick for the Bengals tomorrow along with Billy Cundiff. Supposedly, Nugent got hurt today, and might be out for quite a while.

He talked about a bunch of stuff from the Super Bowl against the Steelers, to comments that he and Santonio Holmes exchanged later on, to playing for Mike Brown, to Kurt Warner, special needs kids and foundations and his bar fight in Covington when he was with the Bengals. We didn't end up talking all football, we got to talking about careers and my job and kids as well. We're both the same age, so I think that played a lot into the conversation too. I'd much rather chat and have a handshake with a guy, then chase someone around for autographs and photos.

[cuervo72]

Heh, these kickers really must get to know each other fairly well, as it's always the same guys who try out every time a kicker gets cut or injured.

(and they've all been through Washington)

[Butter]

As I'm preparing to get on my flight from Dayton to San Francisco this morning, I look up and see a face I recognize but couldn't quite place. I'm staring at the guy, and he kinda gives me the "what are you looking at" look. It takes a second, then I realize it's Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith. I look at his carry-on, and sure enough it's got a maroon and gold name tag on it that says "Tubby Smith". Me in my Ohio St. T-shirt was just getting ready to say something as he is 7 feet from me, but then he turns around and boards a plane to Minneapolis through his gate. Just missed him!

Must've been checking out recruits last night or something.

[SegRat]

I have a inmate on my floor that is a former mlb player.

[rowech]

As I'm preparing to get on my flight from Dayton to San Francisco this morning, I look up and see a face I recognize but couldn't quite place. I'm staring at the guy, and he kinda gives me the "what are you looking at" look. It takes a second, then I realize it's Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith. I look at his carry-on, and sure enough it's got a maroon and gold name tag on it that says "Tubby Smith". Me in my Ohio St. T-shirt was just getting ready to say something as he is 7 feet from me, but then he turns around and boards a plane to Minneapolis through his gate. Just missed him!

Must've been checking out recruits last night or something.

Flyin' to the Hoop is this weekend. Lot of talent at one place.

[DaddyTorgo]

I have a inmate on my floor that is a former mlb player.

inmate? are you a corrections officer??

[JonInMiddleGA]

inmate? are you a corrections officer??

I totally heard this in Lydia's voice
A healing spell? Are you a priest?

[britrock88]

Me in my Ohio St. T-shirt

I'd look at you funny, too. :)

[GrantDawg]

My wife did an eye check on one of the lead singers of Air Supply. She met his wife, too (who knew?).

[Logan]

As I'm preparing to get on my flight from Dayton to San Francisco this morning, I look up and see a face I recognize but couldn't quite place. I'm staring at the guy, and he kinda gives me the "what are you looking at" look. It takes a second, then I realize it's Minnesota basketball coach Tubby Smith. I look at his carry-on, and sure enough it's got a maroon and gold name tag on it that says "Tubby Smith". Me in my Ohio St. T-shirt was just getting ready to say something as he is 7 feet from me, but then he turns around and boards a plane to Minneapolis through his gate. Just missed him!

Must've been checking out recruits last night or something.

I had a similar situation on a train from DC to NYC last year. I'm looking at this guy sitting across the aisle, thinking I know him through work somehow...and then it clicks that it's ND basketball coach Mike Brey.

[Butter]

Flyin' to the Hoop is this weekend. Lot of talent at one place.

That's right! Good call. I bet the airport will be lousy with coaches all weekend.

I bet that's why Dayton is not playing this weekend, gives their coaching staff all weekend to scout.

[Draft Dodger]

My wife did an eye check on one of the lead singers of Air Supply. She met his wife, too (who knew?).

well, I didn't know they had more than one lead singer

[PilotMan]

Apparently it's been 4 years since I've had anyone (that I knew about) worth mentioning. Last week I had Rick Harrison from Pawn Stars going to Vegas. Should've asked him if he got his tickets half price. Lol.

[Umbrella]

Funny about that. I was on a flight through Vegas with Chumlee and the Old Man not too long ago. Chumlee swears like a sailor.

[PilotMan]

Today it was William Hung from LA to Boston.

Same smile, posed for some pics with other passengers.

[ColtCrazy]

To this day, the best I got was a flight where Mike Jarvis and the GW basketball team were on their way to UMass, where they upset the then #1 team in the country. Think this was 1995.

[PilotMan]

This was last week. I recognized him, but totally lost his name in that 2 seconds I had to remember who I was looking at, but....


https://cdn1.thecomeback.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2015/12/mark_schlereth.jpg

[spleen1015]

You couldn't remember Stink?

:D

[PilotMan]

He's apparently a regular flier of ours, as he's only one step below 'god' level passengers.

[cartman]

I miss having god-level status on United. It was pretty awesome being Global Services status.

[PilotMan]

Well guys, this isn't about who I carried on my plane, but about who I'm carrying going forward. After more than 6 years on the 737; and 16 years doing nothing but North/Central American and the Carribbean, I am switching planes. All of you who thought you might catch me from Newark to Orlando, or Chicago to Seattle are going to be out of luck. Now you're going to have to take a trip to China, Japan, Brazil, or India to catch me. It's a nice little pay raise and even though I'm still an FO, it's just one step away from making Captain, which should happen sometime in the next few years, or sooner, if I just don't like the wide body international.


So I'll be in training from the middle of November until the end of the year with a new type rating in my pocket when I'm done.


https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/594418a99a7af51b008b4d71-750-563.jpg

[cartman]

Congrats!

[thesloppy]

Awesome!

[EagleFan]

Congrats!

[Dreghorn2]

That is very cool, congratulations.

No mean feat there, all the best going forward.

[RendeR]

Awesome Bud!

[GrantDawg]

Smooth flying!

[tarcone]

Congrats!

[Thomkal]

Great news PM

[PilotMan]

Thanks guys.

I didn't think that I would have an update in this thread, but today proved me wrong. Today, I took Corey Booker from Denver to LA.

I got a chance to talk with him for a couple minutes and he took a photo with me after I sent him a note that I was a supporter of his. He also happens to be a super special level passenger with my company.

He wasn't going to have time to chat, because he had to run, so he made a 30 second video for me while we were enroute. But the gate agent took 5 minutes to get the bridge up to the plane. It was a great experience otherwise. I wish he was higher up in the polls.

[GrantDawg]

Nice! I wish he was getting more traction as well.

[PilotMan]

You know, I figured this one would have more excitement behind it. But only a few people have said anything and most people have just blown right past it. I would not have figured that. Even my wife was like, who is that? And after I told her all she said was oh, and then changed the subject to something else.

[Poli]

lol

[ISiddiqui]

Nice! I think Senator Booker is a fantastic person to meet. I can sort of understand why he's not higher in the polls, but he'd be fun to talk to, I'd imagine.

[Edward64]

Do pilots get a heads up on celebrities on their plane (e.g. so you guys can do special service/attention to the important people vs. rest of us cattle)?

[PilotMan]

Do pilots get a heads up on celebrities on their plane (e.g. so you guys can do special service/attention to the important people vs. rest of us cattle)?


I'd say yes and no. Because it's not about whether or not they are famous it's about their status within the company programs. So we get a list of the Super Duper Special (SDS) passengers who are on board (and that's how I knew he was on), but if they aren't SDS Passengers I wouldn't have any idea unless I saw them. On the ground there's another employee group that makes sure they are looked after and provide extra services should they need them. But it's all about status, not "who" they are, so to speak.

[Coffee Warlord]

I'm much more impressed by the fact you'll be flying the triple seven than who you carried on your plane. Go go aviation nerd powers. :)

[PilotMan]

Well guys, this isn't about who I carried on my plane, but about who I'm carrying going forward. After more than 6 years on the 737; and 16 years doing nothing but North/Central American and the Carribbean, I am switching planes. All of you who thought you might catch me from Newark to Orlando, or Chicago to Seattle are going to be out of luck. Now you're going to have to take a trip to China, Japan, Brazil, or India to catch me. It's a nice little pay raise and even though I'm still an FO, it's just one step away from making Captain, which should happen sometime in the next few years, or sooner, if I just don't like the wide body international.


So I'll be in training from the middle of November until the end of the year with a new type rating in my pocket when I'm done.


https://amp.businessinsider.com/images/594418a99a7af51b008b4d71-750-563.jpg




It's been a month of training and I've been home 7 days total in that time, which his really, really hard for a close knit, homebody family, but this morning I passed my check ride and I am officially a 777 rated pilot. Right now it looks like my first trip in the plane is going to be next Monday going to China. I very, very happy that this is done. It's been an exhausting slog.

[Coffee Warlord]

Nice!

[NobodyHere]

Are you ever tempted to do a barrel roll in one of those things?

[Coffee Warlord]

Hey, since you went to the triple 7 and not over to the Airbus world, I think I can still claim to know more than you about Airbus controls. :)

[PilotMan]

Are you ever tempted to do a barrel roll in one of those things?


I did it in the sim, as well as screaming down the Vegas strip at 300kts zig zagging between buildings. I have video. But since I can't upload it here.....

[PilotMan]

Hey, since you went to the triple 7 and not over to the Airbus world, I think I can still claim to know more than you about Airbus controls. :)




Done! Although, that may be my next ride after this one. Stay tuned!

[Groundhog]

I did it in the sim, as well as screaming down the Vegas strip at 300kts zig zagging between buildings. I have video. But since I can't upload it here.....

So happy to hear that professional pilots do the same shit I find myself doing in flight sims 90% of the time. :D

[JediKooter]

Congrats! The 777 is a cool looking bird and actually one of the better passenger flying experiences in my opinion.

[Lathum]

I did it in the sim, as well as screaming down the Vegas strip at 300kts zig zagging between buildings. I have video. But since I can't upload it here.....

If you could DM me the vegas one on facebook that would be perfect. Thanks

[thesloppy]

Congrats PM!

[Coffee Warlord]

I did it in the sim, as well as screaming down the Vegas strip at 300kts zig zagging between buildings. I have video. But since I can't upload it here.....

I must have this video. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Done! Although, that may be my next ride after this one. Stay tuned!

Just remember. Push for managed mode, pull for selected mode.

And the up/down arrows in the FMC are stupid and backwards, and whoever came up with that idea should be thoroughly smacked.

Plane flies itself otherwise. :)

[Sweed]

Congrats PM, that is so cool.

[PilotMan]

Just remember. Push for managed mode, pull for selected mode.

And the up/down arrows in the FMC are stupid and backwards, and whoever came up with that idea should be thoroughly smacked.

Plane flies itself otherwise. :)

This does not compute, please speak in actual aviation terms. :lol:

[PilotMan]

So happy to hear that professional pilots do the same shit I find myself doing in flight sims 90% of the time. :D

Only if the hard stuff is done and nobody minds, and we can get away with it. Lol

[Coffee Warlord]

This does not compute, please speak in actual aviation terms. :lol:

Just wait till you realize Airbus calls the FMC the MCDU. (mcdoo) :D

[JPhillips]

Congrats!

[Izulde]

Congratulations! (though for some reason I half-thought a certain celebrity was on your plane today or something)

[Thomkal]

Congrats! But who was on your training plane? :)

[kingfc22]

Congrats PM!

[cartman]

So. Freaking. Awesome.

Congrats! After the 747 the 777 is my favorite passenger plane

[RBlant]

Any chance of another Year in the Life?

[ColtCrazy]

Well done, PM! Congrats!

[PilotMan]

Any chance of another Year in the Life?


The fact that you remember this and want more of it is very flattering. I was really irritated when Photobucket stopped free hosting on their site. I will have to think about it for sure. Because there's a whole lot different about the way this fleet operates than the last one, but thank you very much.

[PilotMan]

Thank you for all the congrats guys! I mean, it's been 20 years since I got my private pilots license. This is definitely one very close step to the top of the mountain, and the pay raise that I just got (no good kids gonna steal it all for themselves, I just know it) looks mighty fine. As a reward I've got a YT of my flight ripping through the Vegas Strip. It was fun. I'll keep this up for a couple weeks and then plan to take it back down. Please don't share it outside this group. Thanks


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[Arles]

Congrats and a cool video!

[Dreghorn2]

That video was cool as heck.

[Edward64]

Was on a flight this week. Pilot announced a solider escorting remains and for us to let that soldier de-plane first when we landed. I've had that occur before but the pilot went on to say the remains were from WW2. Sad and cool at the same time.

[claphamsa]

The fact that you remember this and want more of it is very flattering. I was really irritated when Photobucket stopped free hosting on their site. I will have to think about it for sure. Because there's a whole lot different about the way this fleet operates than the last one, but thank you very much.

very much want more!

[Coffee Warlord]

The most important question...is there a training center in Colorado, and can you get me on the simulator. :D

[Izulde]

very much want more!

I also want more. FYI, imgur has become my PB replacement

[PilotMan]

The most important question...is there a training center in Colorado, and can you get me on the simulator. :D


I actually did get an old friend of mine from HS, that I hadn't seen in 25ish years, in. We were in CAP together back in the day, and he's a LtC. in the Air Force in the Springs area. He came up and went though an entire day with me. So, technically, yes? But it's so rare that it actually works out. Like really, really rare. That was a good time though.

[PilotMan]

Oh, BTW, first trip yesterday, currently sitting in Beijing experiencing the full middle of the night time change effects.

[Coffee Warlord]

I actually did get an old friend of mine from HS, that I hadn't seen in 25ish years, in. We were in CAP together back in the day, and he's a LtC. in the Air Force in the Springs area. He came up and went though an entire day with me. So, technically, yes? But it's so rare that it actually works out. Like really, really rare. That was a good time though.

So what you're saying is, I have you pester you for the next bajillion years until I hit the jackpot. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

Oh, BTW, first trip yesterday, currently sitting in Beijing experiencing the full middle of the night time change effects.

I'm assuming that's two crews on that haul?

And out of curiosity....you're at cruise, you exchanged pleasantries with center ... what the hell do you do to pass the time on long hauls?

[PilotMan]

So what you're saying is, I have you pester you for the next bajillion years until I hit the jackpot. :)


Yeah, pretty much.



I'm assuming that's two crews on that haul?

And out of curiosity....you're at cruise, you exchanged pleasantries with center ... what the hell do you do to pass the time on long hauls?


It was a trip going over the pole last night. Got up to 82N, so not quite over the top, but plenty far north. You're pretty much completely on your own up there and it's quiet. I had training to do so we kept busy, but you're right, two crews to swap out. We had two breaks, the longest I was in the seat was about 3.5 hours at a time. A lot less than the long hauls I made on the 737. The flight was just over 13 hours all together.



So making sure the airplane is still in communication with who you're supposed to be. Making sure the Russians know who and where you are, so they don't get squirrelly. Check position and fuel all the time. Watch the stars, think about life. Normal stuff.

[Butter]

Flying home from New Orleans on Tuesday morning, via Tampa, on Southwest.

On NOLA to Tampa leg, my plane had:

Tony Dungy
Booger McFarland

and Clemson players:
Gage Cervenka
Sean Pollard
Diondre Overton

Last 3 were on their way to the East/West Shrine Game in Tampa coming up this weekend.

Also ran across CJ Spiller in the airport and my wife chatted him up for about 5 minutes. It was 5:30 AM, but he was as nice as could be.

[Lathum]

Please tell me you did us all a favor and pushed Booger out the emergency exit at 30K feet.

[cartman]

Booger: "Because this plane has taken off, that means we are in the air right now."

[Butter]

I did have the urge to taunt him about if he still thinks the Bills should run a draw just because he was wearing an LSU shirt, but I am not a dick, so I didn't.

[cuervo72]

Booger: "Because this plane has taken off, that means we are in the air right now."

Oh SHIT, he's the Perd Hapley of football.

[Edward64]

PM, any special precautions pilots & crew are taking with the outbreak?

[Edward64]

I've never had a body odor situation while flying and these guys look okay pic wise. I doubt it was religious discrimination and would a pilot actually initiate this or other cabin crew?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/31/us/american-airlines-discrimination-lawsuit-jewish-trnd/index.html
A Michigan couple is suing American Airlines for discrimination, alleging in a lawsuit that an airline agent kicked them off a flight for what the employee said was "extremely offensive body odor" and told them he knew that "Orthodox Jews take baths once a week."

Yehuda Yosef Adler and Jennie Adler say in the lawsuit they do not have offensive body odor. They are accusing the airline of discriminating against them because of their religion and defaming them, and say that they experienced embarrassment and humiliation and defamation because of the incident last year.

In January 2019, the couple, along with their 19-month-old daughter, boarded an American Airlines flight from Miami to Detroit. Within five minutes of taking their seats, the couple was approached by an agent who told them that they needed to deplane because there was an emergency, according to a lawsuit filed January 28 with the District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Once the couple stepped off the plane, the agent told them that the pilot had booted them because they had "extremely offensive body odor," the lawsuit said. The couple said they were shocked because they had never received complaints about their body odor on flights, and that they had showered that morning, the lawsuit said.

[PilotMan]

This is taken from a cursory google search. The issue likely started with a passenger complaint.


Can airlines kick someone off for body odor? Actually, yes. “Most airlines have rules in their 'contracts of carriage' that allow an airline to remove a passenger if the stench is so bad that other travelers could potentially become sickened by the odor,” says David Reischer, attorney and CEO for LegalAdvice.com

[PilotMan]

I carried nobody. Not one soul. Just got back from Rome with a plane capable of carrying 300 passengers, and since it was a cargo only leg, it was empty, only pilots (4). Nothing makes you feel more like a king than having all those empty seats at your disposal. A very unique experience.

[rjolley]

PilotMan

Glad to hear that you're back in the air. (If there was a mention that you were flying again, I must've missed it...)

[CrimsonFox]

I carried nobody. Not one soul. Just got back from Rome with a plane capable of carrying 300 passengers, and since it was a cargo only leg, it was empty, only pilots (4). Nothing makes you feel more like a king than having all those empty seats at your disposal. A very unique experience.

what music did you blare in the cabin....and do you get to eat all the first class meals?

[Bobble]

Finally, all the peanuts you want!

[Edward64]

Finally, all the peanuts you want!

Or a chance to invite some others for a mile-high orgy?

[PilotMan]

PilotMan

Glad to hear that you're back in the air. (If there was a mention that you were flying again, I must've missed it...)

Thank you! Yes it's been since last February. Since then I went non-qualified, was kicked off the plane, told I would have to bid a different plane than initially chosen, then allowed back on the plane, but in a new base. Then sent to training and given 1 day before a check ride and said fuck that, but I did make it after only one extra day and now I am officially legal to fly again. Happy to still be on the 777 after all that.

what music did you blare in the cabin....and do you get to eat all the first class meals?

No music, the PA doesn't have Sirius XM or anything like that. It would've been Learning To Fly by the Foos though.

Finally, all the peanuts you want!

If they gave us unlimited snacks, or peanuts, yeah, but it's seriously stripped down right now. I think I did eat a few bags of chips though.

Or a chance to invite some others for a mile-high orgy?

I was telling my wife this last night that I could literally fuck anywhere in that plane, from the galleys, to the seats, to the crew rest bunks, pilot or FA, didn't matter. I had an entire section of pods to myself watching Wolf of Wallstreet coming back on my break. Which was funny, because that's exactly what's in the movie. :lol:

[Coffee Warlord]

I carried nobody. Not one soul. Just got back from Rome with a plane capable of carrying 300 passengers, and since it was a cargo only leg, it was empty, only pilots (4). Nothing makes you feel more like a king than having all those empty seats at your disposal. A very unique experience.

You're more than welcome to pick me up at COS and fly me to Rome any time if that happens again.

[GrantDawg]

No music, the PA doesn't have Sirius XM or anything like that. It would've been Learning To Fly by the Foos though.
That would have been perfect. I would have to have seen a video of all four of you banging your heads as that blasts on the speakers.

[CrimsonFox]

with only four of you you could practice social distancing on the plane
:D

[CrimsonFox]

No music, the PA doesn't have Sirius XM or anything like that. It would've been Learning To Fly by the Foos though.


YES! I can see you dressed as a teeny bopper too!



If they gave us unlimited snacks, or peanuts, yeah, but it's seriously stripped down right now. I think I did eat a few bags of chips though.


I'm seriously dying to know what you had to eat on this trip!



I was telling my wife this last night that I could literally fuck anywhere in that plane, from the galleys, to the seats, to the crew rest bunks, pilot or FA, didn't matter. I had an entire section of pods to myself watching Wolf of Wallstreet coming back on my break. Which was funny, because that's exactly what's in the movie. :lol:

You have bunks?!?!?

[cougarfreak]

Fly me away!


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[PilotMan]

YES! I can see you dressed as a teeny bopper too!

Yeah, I don't think anyone wants to see that right now.


I'm seriously dying to know what you had to eat on this trip!

Actually, the flight is catered just for the crew on board. We have different meals than the rest of the plane, and we have the option to special meals that might be different than the standard beef/chicken meals, like an Indian meal, or Kosher, or Salad meal as examples. A flight to Rome would have two meals boarded for us. There are also sometimes the standard snacks that first class might have on board, from chips, gummy bears, or snack boxes. I tend to eat way more junk than I should as a way to kill time, so that's not good.

In Rome though, I had a meal with the crew consisting of all the Italian classics of red wine, bread with olive oil, meat and cheese tray and spaghetti with meat sauce. I had a piece of pizza for lunch/breakfast (if you're counting me being on east coast time) before we left again.



You have bunks?!?!?

Yep, the type depend on the variant of aircraft, only the 777 and 787 in our fleets have true bunks for flight crew. They can vary from feeling a bit like a coffin to feeling like a much bigger and more comfy coffin. My 5 yr old self would have never wanted to leave as they feel a bit like a fort. We have boarded sheets, blankets and pillows too for each crew member to use. They also block one of the seats in business class on certain routes as well so crews have an option to use that too.

[PilotMan]

Fly me away!


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It was good to get back to it and knock a new destination off my list, but the really weird thing about going to Rome is that Americans aren't even allowed there yet because of Covid. So tourism is way down, and I'm sure we stuck out like sore thumbs.

[Edward64]

In Rome though, I had a meal with the crew consisting of all the Italian classics of red wine, bread with olive oil, meat and cheese tray and spaghetti with meat sauce. I had a piece of pizza for lunch/breakfast (if you're counting me being on east coast time) before we left again.

You are allowed to drink wine while flying or close to flying? I thought it was a no-no if XX hours before flight.

[PilotMan]

You are allowed to drink wine while flying or close to flying? I thought it was a no-no if XX hours before flight.

Yes, you're correct, there is a 12 hour restriction, but we had a 24 hour layover. So there was plenty of time to have a drink.

[PilotMan]

The answer is nobody. This year I've only carried passengers to Houston and Honolulu. Every other flight I've done this year has been cargo only. I gotta say, having an empty 777 to fly around the world with no passengers, no flight attendants and all the first class seats in the plane to yourself, all the sleeping bunks is a certain sort of oddity that is unlikely to be repeated in the future, and it's spoiling the shit out of me.

[Coffee Warlord]

Get the ORD -> COS route and you can fly me in a couple of days. :)

Wee bit smaller plane than your 777, though.

[PilotMan]

HAHAHA...We can open up new routes since it looks like we're the only US airline who is ready to rebound.

We're about to witness the greatest battle for market share in aviation since deregulation.

[Toddzilla]

I miss these updates, but its great to hear you're doing well and enjoying life. Cheers, PM.

[JPhillips]

Just get me flights from Newburgh to Europe again.

[Coffee Warlord]

One could argue I carried PM on his plane today.

[PilotMan]

Haha, very true.

[NobodyHere]

Was PM drunk again? I just watched "Flight" and drunk pilots make the best pilots.

[Coffee Warlord]

No, but I did learn he doesn't drink coffee, so I can never trust him behind the wheel of a real plane, ever.