I came across this in yesterday's NY Times I thought my friends in the AF forum might enjoy. It's paywalled and I don't know if this will work but hopefully this takes people to a free gifted shared link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/a...smid=url-share
In case that doesn't work, here is the main link for subscribers or in case non-subscribers can access a free article every so often:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/a...ir-france.html
On a stormy day more than 34,000 feet above Paris, Air France Flight 1205 prepared to make its descent. Flight attendants began checking seat backs and tray tables, and passengers groggily emerged from naps. Then a voice from the cockpit came over the intercom, offering an update on the weather (cloudy and 54 degrees) and the remaining flight time (about 30 minutes).
“Thank you for choosing Air France,” said Daniel Harding, the flight’s first officer. “And remember: Rehearsal is at 6 p.m.”
The cabin erupted into whistles and cheers. Harding, 49, an Air France pilot, also happens to be one of the world’s top orchestral conductors. And on this December day, he was flying his ensemble, the esteemed Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, from its home base in Rome to Paris for the start of a European tour. (A few dozen unknowing members of the public were also aboard.)