Just lately, I got here throughout a pilot’s discussion board and a thread on it asking in regards to the nicest celebrities pilots have flown. A few of these make a ton of sense (taking a look at you, Julie Andrews), however some had been a pleasant shock.
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“Gordon Ramsay, not too long ago. Totally pretty and charming, ‘Please name me Gordon.’ Simply needed a bottle of water and slept for all the flight.”
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“Celine Dion, once I was flying non-public. Utterly pretty – even provided to take us to dinner, however we needed to return to base.”
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“Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks. He was hilarious, however she was actually quiet, nearly shy!”
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“The one one that actually impressed me and may impress each pilot right here was Sen. John Glenn. He got here up after a really tough flight. We had been the final aircraft into KCLT because the others began going round after us. He shook each of our palms, and he was flying coach.”
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“Robert De Niro. Very nice, humorous, and pleasant. He was carrying a wig as a disguise.”
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“Tom Cruise. Splendid fellow. Requested politely if he may come to the flight deck earlier than departure, whereupon he requested some questions and we chatted about his new P51. Clearly, he stayed on with Cameron Diaz for some pictures. Salzburg to Seville for the filming of Knight and Day.”
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“Denzel Washington. Very pleasant and chatty. We had a very good chin wag within the galley.”
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“Amy Winehouse. Met her a few instances. The final time she obtained off, and was pretty (clearly had been on the cooking sherry), and needed to know the way my day was, and what I used to be doing after work.”
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“Prince William, a couple of years in the past. Completely pleasant, very down-to-earth.”
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“Sade. Beautiful, charming lady. Had time to talk with the crew and gave tickets to all of us on the flight, together with backstage passes, plus meet and greet pictures. She even invited the flight deck (us) to her live performance and made certain her assistants sorted our tickets.”
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“Michael Caine. Such a LOVELY man! Flew him to Venice for the movie pageant, and he got here into the galley and had a chat with us and was simply so pretty.”
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“Julie Andrews. Fantastic, heat, and pleasant.”
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“Zac Efron. Participating, personable, and signed an autograph. These eyes do glimmer a lot extra in actual life. True gentleman!”
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“Gerard Butler. Had the pleasure of assembly him on a Virgin Atlantic flight to LAX final month. What a pleasant man. He was very pleasant and chatty. An actual pleasure to speak with.”
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“Grace Jones. I met her within the Senator Lounge at FRA. She requested me if I knew the right way to use the therapeutic massage chairs, as I used to be nearly to get on one. I did not notice who she was till I heard the woman together with her tackle her as ‘Grace’, then the penny dropped. I provided her the primary use of the massager, and she or he declined. She is appeal personified, very dignified and quiet. She will need to have been in her mid-fifties then; she appeared about 40.”
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“Eric Clapton. A legend and a hell of a pleasant man. He gave all the crew comps for them and their household to his live performance.”
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“Kelly Rowland. Was pretty. She slept for lots of the flight as she had flown in from LAX, and we had been taking her on to her closing vacation spot, however she fortunately posed for photos with the crew. Very down-to-earth and stunningly lovely.”
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“Tina Turner. LHR–LAX in first-class. She sat on the ground for a number of hours enjoying with a child additionally touring in first-class. Charming and completely with out airs and graces.”
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“Olivia Newton-John. I’ve taken her between LAX–SYD a few instances. So nice, pleasant, and well mannered.”
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“Michael Douglas. A real ‘A’ lister. Completely charming, shook all people’s hand, and thanked us after the flight.”
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“Sean Connery. Prime bloke. Sat within the cockpit for practically the entire flight and chatted about something from politics to soccer. Very nice.”
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“Kate Hudson. Quiet, initiated dialog, confirmed a real curiosity in our lives, and felt extra like a very good pal than a passenger. She was even joking/teasing me a few very engaging bloke backstage in economic system.”
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“Jack Johnson was onboard one in every of my quick sectors between Sydney and the Gold Coast. He was a really nice man, clean voice, lovely tanned pores and skin, and in addition had his spouse/girlfriend with him in addition to his cute little son.”
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“I met Ricky Martin in our coaching centre. He was there to do some filming in a flight simulator for a TV present. He was pretty, posed for pictures, and was very chatty. Disgrace I obtained actually nervous and couldn’t consider a single factor to say to him.”
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Lastly, “Robin Williams. Probably the most down-to-earth, sweetest man. No entourage for him, boards quietly and low-profiles it. Very humorous and can snicker at your personal jokes.”
