My Most Memorable Passenger
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This is my humble contribution to the #blogformation group in which we are writing about our most memorable passenger(s).
Having flown for hire all of my adult life, I have seen a lot different passengers. My most memorable one came from the days when I flew piston twins for a company in my home town.
The trip was an early morning flight from the corporate headquarters up to Idaho. It was a predawn departure with a frontal system moving across the plains full of raging thunderstorms.
Not a problem for our seasoned passenger, she traveled on the company C-310 all the time. We take off and head northwest and within a 100 miles we are into the weather with deafening rain and heavy moderate turbulence. The stormscope, our only on board weather avoidance device – besides the radio – was very active. The controller that morning was no help at all, not so much.
We managed to pick our way through and found smooth air on the other side. We were feeling good. Our passenger had slept through it all. No problems. We were glad she was relaxed through all that, because we weren’t.
Several hours later as we approach the destination it’s now daylight and our passenger decides it’s time to change clothes.
Not sure how she did it, but she managed to change into business attire within minutes, much to the surprise of her all male crew.
Like I said, she was a seasoned traveler and not much bothered her.
Me and the fellow that flew that trip still laugh about it today.
This post is part of the Blogging in Formation Series #blogformation, a monthly four day collaboration between eight aviation bloggers all discussing the same topic from their unique perspectives. Check out the other writers here:
Mar. 1: iFLYblog – Brent Owens and Aviation Author – Mark L. Berry
Mar 2: Smart Flight Training – Andrew Hartley and tallyone.com – Rob Burgon
Mar 3: Flight to Success – Karlene Petitt and project7alpha.com – Chip Shanle
Mar 4: House of Rapp – Ron Rapp and Adventures of Cap’n Aux – Eric Auxier
Brent, this is funny. I have a daughter that was someone’s most memorable passenger for the same reason. She just happened to be in Business class and change clothes…slid one skirt under the other before the first came off. The shirt was the same. Nobody noticed except for the FA deadheading who was in awe how she managed without anyone the wiser. It’s great to have people create special memories.
Karlene,
That’s too funny! It’s like a Superman maneuver without the phone booth.
Brent
Well, at least she didn’t try the wardrobe change DURING the thunderstorm – hard to the see the stormscope when someone’s unmentionables are covering it. Great post!
Haha! I didn’t think of that!
Thanks Rob!
I haven’t seen the Superman switch in an airplane, but I’ve seen plenty of chicks do that in a car. You can always tell the hard-core travelers because nothing phases them. Love folks like that because you don’t have to keep looking over your shoulder wondering if every little bump is going to cause them to come unglued!
So true!