Celebrity Sightings on United Airlines [Through 2011]
Apr 12, 2008, 8:35 pm
#1651
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Apr 12, 2008, 10:31 pm
#1652
Formally known as reinmedia
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Diane Lane ^ and Josh Brolin at LAX today. I was in the Customer Service line and she walked right by me and sat down. They were waiting to board a flight to KOA.
Apr 12, 2008, 11:14 pm
#1653
Join Date: Apr 2008
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Wayne Newton in 2D on the UA 54 KOA-SFO red-eye on April 9th. He was charming and polite to everyone.
First class service was impeccable, mostly thanks to Wendell our purser. The best I've seen on United.
First class service was impeccable, mostly thanks to Wendell our purser. The best I've seen on United.
Apr 12, 2008, 11:28 pm
#1654
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This makes me wonder, does UA move the FA schedules around so that the better FA's are on the flights with celebrities?
Apr 12, 2008, 11:36 pm
#1655
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Definitely not, UA can't in any official capacity decide who works what flight, short of the qualifications required for certain positions. If an FA gets a certain schedule you think management would have any luck saying "you don't do a good job, we're choosing a different FA?" I think not! That being said, even a bad FA might be on their best game when they have a celeb aboard just because they want to impress them.
Apr 13, 2008, 1:11 am
#1656
Join Date: Jan 2008
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On 4/10 in the LAX IFL Lounge
Sharon Stone and her entourage going to Honolulu and letting one of her kids run wild in the IFL. Real classy....
Sharon Stone and her entourage going to Honolulu and letting one of her kids run wild in the IFL. Real classy....
Apr 13, 2008, 2:12 am
#1657
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Now that is one person I would love to see in real life. Better yet, get a chance to talk to her and have her sign my forehead!
Apr 13, 2008, 8:00 am
#1658
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: SFO
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Apr 13, 2008, 8:40 am
#1659
Join Date: May 2007
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Certain flights such as sports team charters or press charters do have hand picked inflight crews. I have no interest in flying a sports team (I've flown a couple baseball teams.) I would love to get on a press charter but I have no idea how to get on the list!
Apr 13, 2008, 1:33 pm
#1660
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Apr 13, 2008, 1:37 pm
#1661
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Apr 18, 2008, 8:59 pm
#1663
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Not a celebrity to the general public, or even some FT'ers, but on PDX-IAD nonstop (UA 250) earlier this week, Iris Richardson was flying coach ... She was very well put together, suntanned, immaculately coiffed, and to my surprise, in her full work uniform, with her nametag, several badges or medals on the lapels, and a neatly pressed suit. While I could tell that she was no longer capable of working a flight as she shuffled down the aisle, she still had the stamina to travel on her own, and hope I'm doing that well at age 85!
She did exercise some lese-majeste in using the First Class lavatory three times during the flight, instead of using the lavatory in her assigned class.
I cannot imagine that retired UA pilots keep their uniform for leisure travel purposes, but guess that Iris is so used to her uniform that she cannot board an airplane without one. Wonder what she does on the days she is not flying.
She did exercise some lese-majeste in using the First Class lavatory three times during the flight, instead of using the lavatory in her assigned class.
I cannot imagine that retired UA pilots keep their uniform for leisure travel purposes, but guess that Iris is so used to her uniform that she cannot board an airplane without one. Wonder what she does on the days she is not flying.
Apr 18, 2008, 9:13 pm
#1664
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Apr 18, 2008, 9:46 pm
#1665
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