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Old Jan 15, 2009 | 7:10 am
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dreidel
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Originally Posted by PHLstudent
Finally got the chance to fly with him. Had Captain Flannagan Sunday night on flt. 376 ORD-PHL. The oil pressure was high in one of the engines so we had about a 40 minute delay. Captain Flannagan walked around the gate area to field questions from anyone/everyone on the flight. He was exceptional throughout the whole experience. I was in 6D and was happy to receive one of his personalized business cards too.

Quick question -- He said he would have channel 9 on and would try to play the eagles game too. I tuned into channel 9 in and out throughout the flight but it was only playing the the XM kids channel. I would find it hard to believe that he would mention it but never turn it on? I had 4 flights this weekend with UA and none had channel 9 on.
Nice. I just had my first Captain Denny flight too. The brutal lax-ord redeye was made much less so last night. I slept for much of the flight and when I woke up, the flight attendant handed me one of the famous hand written appreciation cards by Captain Denny. As a 1p, I never expected to get one, and I was beaming for the last twenty minutes of the flight.
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