On a flight from SOU-EDI in May 2006 I sat next to an elderly lady - Lady Douglas, in fact.

The boarding pass receipt (the big blank thing) had "WIDOW OF EX-CHAIRMAN OF BEA" printed on it.

Had a pleasant little chat about how she always used to be in the air back in the day. ^

Although her ancient suitcase was 1.5 seats wide and it was hard work to cram my (very full - I was hand baggage only) backpack under half an Embraer seat