I'm happy to say that I can lay claim to a rather enjoyable feat: I was the last passenger to ever board a Continental flight.

One of my first flight memories was PE JAX-EWR, a route that I've flown many times since along with many others. I've got somewhere around 350 segments on CO and they certainly weren't all fantastic but on the balance the experience has been. I've got many fond memories, certainly enough to bore just about everyone into submission if I tried to tell all of them. Suffice it to say that I recognize the end of an era, but I do so with eyes wide open and hope for continued greatness into the future.

I almost didn't make the trip out to PHX for a variety of reasons. In the end, I could not be more happy that I did. I got to meet a whole bunch of agents along the way, all of whom were a bit apprehensive and a bit sad, but who were also, to a person, all excited about the future and the opportunities the company has to do things better and to do things right going forward. Plus, I got to give them all chocolates and brighten up their day a bit. And, in the end, the crew working the last flight insisted that I got to be the last passenger to board a Continental flight. We had a great time (I really need to get at those photos from my camera and phone) and I got to help close out an era.

On to the next big thing!!