Apr 23, 16, 1:38 pm
Last edit by: paranoiatx
Captain Denny's Retirement flight roll call. Please list your handle, cabin, and when you will be arriving in SEA, where we will arrange a dinner on 5/30.
Pat89339 - F - arriving 5/30
legalalien - F - arriving 5/31 (I can guest 2 into UC at either SEA or ORD)
Jubileesmom-F-arriving 5/30 ( I also can guest 2 into UC. )
Whiskarina - F - arriving 5/30
wxguy - F - arriving 5/30 via Capt Denny's second to last flight
FlyerBeek - F - arriving 5/29
JeepGuyDE - F - arriving 5/29 (need guesting into UC)
jmd001 - F - arriving 5/30 (would appreciate guesting into UC)
texasex95 - Y - arriving 5/31 (hopefully 5/30 if I can change my flight)
alanro - F - arriving 5/30 (I can also guest 2 into UC)
mendicantmonk - Y - arriving 5/30 (need guesting into UC)
SFO 1K - F - arriving 5/30 (I can guest 2 into UC)
wtigerFF - F - arriving 5/30 UA 635 (I can guest 2 into UC)
YRKInsider - F - arriving 5/30 UA 635 (can guest 2 into UC)
N1120A - F - Arriving 5/31 UA635 (Probably need guesting into UC)
CleUnited - Y - Arriving 5/30 (hopefully)
cawhite - F -arriving 5/30 UA635
paranoiatx - F - arriving 5/28 (can guest 2 into UC and/or 1 into CL)
Pat89339 - F - arriving 5/30
legalalien - F - arriving 5/31 (I can guest 2 into UC at either SEA or ORD)
Jubileesmom-F-arriving 5/30 ( I also can guest 2 into UC. )
Whiskarina - F - arriving 5/30
wxguy - F - arriving 5/30 via Capt Denny's second to last flight
FlyerBeek - F - arriving 5/29
JeepGuyDE - F - arriving 5/29 (need guesting into UC)
jmd001 - F - arriving 5/30 (would appreciate guesting into UC)
texasex95 - Y - arriving 5/31 (hopefully 5/30 if I can change my flight)
alanro - F - arriving 5/30 (I can also guest 2 into UC)
mendicantmonk - Y - arriving 5/30 (need guesting into UC)
SFO 1K - F - arriving 5/30 (I can guest 2 into UC)
wtigerFF - F - arriving 5/30 UA 635 (I can guest 2 into UC)
YRKInsider - F - arriving 5/30 UA 635 (can guest 2 into UC)
N1120A - F - Arriving 5/31 UA635 (Probably need guesting into UC)
CleUnited - Y - Arriving 5/30 (hopefully)
cawhite - F -arriving 5/30 UA635
paranoiatx - F - arriving 5/28 (can guest 2 into UC and/or 1 into CL)
UAL's Captain Denny Flanagan (In-Flight Experiences, Sightings, Schedule, etc.)
Aug 21, 12, 2:21 pm
#301
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: RDU
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 13
Had the pleasure of meeting him
Not sure if he will remember, i ran into him at portland airport bar (HE WAS NOT WORKING!!) a while back in fact i think he told me that he was off on holiday, anyway we chatted for a couple of hrs, he was waiting for a freind.
Great guy and was very intrested in my feelings on united.
he gave me his card and the info on the united foundation, i hope to see him on a flight one day
Great guy and was very intrested in my feelings on united.
he gave me his card and the info on the united foundation, i hope to see him on a flight one day
Aug 21, 12, 6:20 pm
#302
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Last edited by Pat89339; Aug 21, 12 at 11:58 pm
Aug 21, 12, 9:28 pm
#303
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: SFO, BDL
Programs: UA 1K, AA Plat, CX GR, Hilton Diamond, Global Entry
Posts: 963
You can find the information on the 9/10 SFO Dinner here!
Link is post #1, not the dinner thread.
Aug 21, 12, 11:58 pm
#304
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Aug 27, 12, 12:11 pm
#305
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Capt Denny and Neil Armstrong
Capt Denny asked me to post this picture of him with Neil Armstrong, taken September 1, 2011.
Aug 27, 12, 12:41 pm
#306
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: SEA/YVR/BLI
Programs: UA "Lifetime" Gold, AS MVPG100K, OW Emerald, HH Diamond, IC Plat, Marriott Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 9,438
Aug 27, 12, 2:16 pm
#307
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
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Sep 3, 12, 8:31 am
#308
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: UA Gold/1MM
Posts: 661
Capt Flannagan on UA546 SAN-IAD 9/3/12
Just as group 1 started to board on UA546, the Captain came out to the gate area and gave briefing on the flight and the route and then personally greeted every single passenger as they boarded and gave them the 757 info card. What a classic guy!!!
Sep 3, 12, 9:22 am
#311
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You can find his scheduled flights here.If you're around SFO next Monday we are having an FT dinner with him. The information is in my signature.
Sep 3, 12, 6:57 pm
#312
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SAN
Programs: UA Gold/1MM
Posts: 661
So after the flight as he was saying goodbye to pax, he remembered me from boarding time because I asked if CH9 will be on and asked me if everything worked out with CH9. I said yes it was great and enjoy your dinner in SFO on monday (as per the post above). He was so glad that I was a flyertalk member that he came out of the plane and chatted with me for 5-10 min in the jetway. He said had he known when I was boarding he would have given me a cockpit tour. Now I really wished I could have made that dinner but I will be back in East Coast again. Hopefully another time
Sep 11, 12, 10:44 pm
#313
Used to be MBS PremExec
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Saginaw, MI (MBS)
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Marriott Titanium w/Lifetime Plat, Hilton LIfetime ♢, National Exec, Amex Plat
Posts: 5,713
Wow! Just wow!
Boarded my flight the other day to find the captain standing at the doorway, handing out the 'trading cards' as we boarded. Glanced over at his name on the badge, and sure enough, it was Captain Denny!
I said, "I've heard about YOU!"...He replied, "Are you a Flyertalker?"
He promptly invited me into the cockpit, gave me the tour, and then some...He asked me to sit down in the captain's seat, took my picture and told some great stories. It was probably a 15-minute trip up there pre-flight, the we chatted after the flight until the F/As came off.
The copy of The Age of Flight is so cool--what a great gift!
I felt like a kid in a candy store. It was an amazing experience, and surely made my day...My week...My month!
I've never felt so appreciated before--what a wonderful ambassador for United! You can't grasp how truly great someone is by reading about them--after meeting him, you realize that all the kind words said about him here don't do him justice.
^ ^ ^
(I didn't know his flight schedule was posted on here--I'll have to check this thread more regularly!)
Boarded my flight the other day to find the captain standing at the doorway, handing out the 'trading cards' as we boarded. Glanced over at his name on the badge, and sure enough, it was Captain Denny!
I said, "I've heard about YOU!"...He replied, "Are you a Flyertalker?"
He promptly invited me into the cockpit, gave me the tour, and then some...He asked me to sit down in the captain's seat, took my picture and told some great stories. It was probably a 15-minute trip up there pre-flight, the we chatted after the flight until the F/As came off. The copy of The Age of Flight is so cool--what a great gift!
I felt like a kid in a candy store. It was an amazing experience, and surely made my day...My week...My month!
I've never felt so appreciated before--what a wonderful ambassador for United! You can't grasp how truly great someone is by reading about them--after meeting him, you realize that all the kind words said about him here don't do him justice.
^ ^ ^
(I didn't know his flight schedule was posted on here--I'll have to check this thread more regularly!)
