Captain Thanking First Class Cabin
Dec 11, 2012, 7:08 pm
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Very cool, although that pilot must have been very bored...
Dec 11, 2012, 7:10 pm
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You lucked out. Our question was: "Name the Declaration signer whose first name is also an article of clothing."
Dec 11, 2012, 7:12 pm
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^^^
Its the little things like this that go a LONG way with us road warriors. If anybody's reading this from corporate this should be done a lot more than it is.
Its the little things like this that go a LONG way with us road warriors. If anybody's reading this from corporate this should be done a lot more than it is.
Dec 11, 2012, 7:13 pm
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I've seen a few captains come out of the cockpit while we're at the gate to make announcements in person about delays and to chat a bit about the situation with FC passengers. It's a nice touch, but not all pilots have the personality to feel comfortable doing this. It also presumes that they don't have cockpit duties that should be done then.
Dec 11, 2012, 7:14 pm
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Last year I had a pilot flying from LGA to MSP who came to the podium in the gate area to introduce himself. Upon deplaning he stayed up front thanking everyone for flying Delta. Kind of reminding me of Capt. Denny Flanagan of UA who does that and more. Very nice touch.
Dec 11, 2012, 7:17 pm
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Captain Thanking First Class Cabin
I've had this happen a few times. On a NWA flight just before the merger I was on the UD of a 744 MSP-NRT an the pilot invited me into the cockpit to sit in his seat, took a picture and emailed it to me. Completely out of the blue. Was very cool.
Note this is not a PMNW vs DL comment. I've had nice pilot interaction on DL too, plus I assume this pilot still works for DL and would do similar things.
Note this is not a PMNW vs DL comment. I've had nice pilot interaction on DL too, plus I assume this pilot still works for DL and would do similar things.
Dec 11, 2012, 8:00 pm
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Dec 11, 2012, 8:06 pm
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Dec 11, 2012, 8:26 pm
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Dec 11, 2012, 8:40 pm
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I've seen a few captains come out of the cockpit while we're at the gate to make announcements in person about delays and to chat a bit about the situation with FC passengers. It's a nice touch, but not all pilots have the personality to feel comfortable doing this. It also presumes that they don't have cockpit duties that should be done then.
Dec 11, 2012, 8:40 pm
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Had this happen on a TPAC flight in October. Captain came out while FA's were taking meal orders and giving PDB, introduced himself and Thanked us for flying in BE an dbeing Medallion members. He had a small conversation with each passenger on the upper deck. He was going over the mods DL was doing on the 747's, I spoke to him about it all being done in Singapore, he said DL also does some of its heavy maintenance there in MNL where we were departing from.
Said DL upper management was doing a decent job, they were listening to us, though they do not always get things right, but that the airline was being run like a business and was finally starting to make a profit.
Spoke about his career and moving from one airline to the next, and what he called a "disaster" going on over at UA/CO with the merger and pilot seniority, even went on a little spiel about Obama and the happenings at the Democratic National Convention. Let's just say he is not a fan of Obama!
Really liked the extra touch, very nice!
Said DL upper management was doing a decent job, they were listening to us, though they do not always get things right, but that the airline was being run like a business and was finally starting to make a profit.
Spoke about his career and moving from one airline to the next, and what he called a "disaster" going on over at UA/CO with the merger and pilot seniority, even went on a little spiel about Obama and the happenings at the Democratic National Convention. Let's just say he is not a fan of Obama!
Really liked the extra touch, very nice!
Dec 11, 2012, 8:41 pm
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