N1120A

The other Flanagan is a woman, so you would probably know the difference

I've, unfortunately, never gotten to meet either Captain Flanagan that I know of.

CMK10

What? No pictures of you in the hat!

LessO2

Odds increase with Captain Molly Flanagan if you fly in/out of Seattle, as that is her domicile.

Have received three business cards from her.

N1120A

She is also 757/767, right?

bbridges

Had my first (of hopefully many!) Capt. Flanagan encounters yesterday, on an IAD-SFO 767 flight. It was pretty much like everybody else has described (intro at the gate, handing out cards, etc.). When I mentioned I knew who he was he immediately asked if I was an FTer (and for my seat number). Later on an FA stopped by with The Age of Flight and a note/business card. Quite a thrill! My wife and I sent back a thank you note and he remembered us as we were deplaning. Definitely took the sting out of going home after a week in Disney World! ^

FriendlySkies

FWIW, this is Captain Denny's schedule.. Also on Lucky's blog: http://boardingarea.com/blogs/onemil...ight-schedule/


1/28 UA551 ORD-LAS 12:22-14:15
1/28 UA230 LAS-DEN 15:06-17:52
1/28 UA329 DEN-PHX 18:57-20:44
1/29 UA514 PHX-ORD 10:03-14:25
1/29 UA679 ORD-SAN 15:23-17:50
1/30 UA845 SAN-ORD 11:06-16:57
1/30 UA626 ORD-PHL 18:05-20:57
1/31 UA345 PHL-ORD 07:42-09:00

2/04 UA945 ORD-LAX 12:00-14:30
2/04 UA320 LAX-SFO 15:40-17:00
2/04 UA145 SFO-LAX 17:58-19:20
2/05 UA942 LAX-ORD 11:03-17:00
2/05 UA300 ORD-TPA 18:15-21:45
2/06 UA859 TPA-ORD 09:15-11:07
2/06 UA551 ORD-LAS 12:05-13:55
2/07 UA394 LAS-ORD 06:00-11:26

2/11 UA907 ORD-SFO 17:02-19:45
2/12 UA468 SFO-SAN 08:13-09:43
2/12 UA845 SAN-ORD 10:33-16:24
2/12 UA730 ORD-BWI 18:36-21:20
2/13 UA307 BWI-LAX 16:39-19:38
2/14 UA353 LAX-LAS 07:23-08:27
2/14 UA396 LAS-ORD 09:23-15:11

2/21 UA515 ORD-SMF 20:45-23:12
2/22 UA448 SMF-DEN 13:56-17:13
2/22 UA939 DEN-SAN 18:54-20:18
2/23 UA554 SAN-IAD 13:17-21:05
2/23 UA727 IAD-TPA 22:00-00:10 (+1 day)
2/24 UA312 TPA-IAD 14:04-16:13
2/24 UA947 IAD-MCO 17:21-19:37
2/24 UA223 MCO-ORD 20:35-22:34

2/28 UA176 ORD-IAD 16:16-19:04
2/28 UA137 IAD-LAX 19:52-22:35
3/01 UA44 LAX-IAD 22:29-06:20 (+1 day)
3/02 UA729 IAD-TPA 17:28-19:49
3/03 UA388 TPA-DEN 08:40-10:39
3/03 UA956 DEN-ORD 11:50-15:13

RedHeadFlyer

Had my first not too long after. SFO-DEN UA720, Jan 16, 15:00-18:23. He was handing out cards, and I thanked him for his service as a United captain as I will do when given the chance, although I didn't realize it was him at the time. Then later as he was making a welcome announcement on the PA and introduced himself, I muttered excitedly "It's Denny Flanagan!" My seatmate gave me an awkward glance.

There was some announcement about the cards he handed out toward the end of the flight (a drawing or game?), but unfortunately it was too soft to understand and only came across the PA (not the headsets).

After the flight I hung out a bit to thank him for the good flight and turning on channel 9, he asked my about my interest and told me he has something for me. I hadn't read the thread recently or closely enough to know about the book - which of course it was. I am still excited about it - what a wonderful book. Definitely something I will never forget.

I said that I was surprised that in my many flights I hadn't run across him before and that I had heard about him from some of my flyer friends. He said "Flyertalk?"

Fully an honor to fly with him.

weirdlyndon

Writing this from the LAS President's Club. Just had the pleasure of meeting Capt. Denny Flanagan. He is scheduled to pilot our UA flight from LAS-DEN except for the fact that it just went into a 3 hour mechanical due to some part needing to be flown in from SFO. This gentleman is the epitome of professionalism. Handed everyone his business cards, constant updates about the flight status and where our part was, and even went as far as to buy 200 apples/bananas/oranges from one of the concession stands in the airport with his own money. Saw the vendor deliver him his receipt and credit card back - (do hope United reiumburses him for this!)

Absolutely amazing. My first experience, and I hope to have many more!

lucky9876coins

If anyone wants to join us for a group mileage run with Captain Denny, we'll be flying with him from San Francisco to Chicago on March 26. See here for full details. There will likely be a FlyerTalk thread in CommunityBuzz about it tomorrow.

harperb

Captain Denny must not like to leave the US at all? No Europe/South America 767 flights ever it seems?

halls120

With his seniority, why would he?

N1120A

I would imagine that reflects his base as well.

Why wouldn't he? International are generally plum assignments.

halls120

My brother is a 767 DL Captain. His favorite runs are LAX-LIH and LAX-KOA. He would do those over and over again if he could. He likes some international flying, but he'll take domestic over international any day. Those overwater flights play havoc with your body clock.

iluv2fly

I know last year that Capt Denny was flying ORD-LHR on the 767 one evening. He contacted me about it but unfortunately couldn't take that flight.

So he does do it, albeit not often at all (due to his seniority).

ColoBill1

My wife and I had the pleasure of meeting Capt. Flanagan on this 757 flight last week:

2/12 UA845 SAN-ORD 10:33-16:24

Was quite surprised when he came out to the gate and got on the microphone. I introduced myself as a long time FTer as were were boarding, and he was standing at the aircraft's entry door. We chatted for a few seconds. Mid-flight the pursrer came to us in 4C/D and presented us with a signed copy of "the book".

He also had the purser invite us into the cockpit at the end of the flight, when the first officer took photos of both of us wearing Capt. Denny's hat. My wife was really taken by this, and I was certainly glad all this took place, as it kinda made her understand why I spend so much time on FT, and do all my crazy flying. Capt. Denny even called me at home the next day to get my personal email address, so he could email us the photos. What a guy.

He mentioned the FTer gathering scheduled for the 9/11 weekend in DEN, and I will certainly make plans for attending at least parts of that function.