Hi all, not sure what to do about this so dug up this forum to seek the collective wisdom of the masses.
As you would know, as a frequent flyer you do tend to notice when things are a less different then ordinary, as was my experience today.
On a flight back to my hometown one one of our budget carriers I was seated next to a man that I soon noticed all the flight crew knew personally. He whispered (bit too loud since I easily heard) to the flight attendant, "when we are airborne do you think I could order a red wine, is that OK, you wont get me in trouble will you?". To which she replied, "Thats fine, I will get you a wine, it's OK", he says, "I dont want to get in trouble", she says it is OK, will be fine.
Thinking this was a little odd I watched closely, another flight attendant comes past and whispers to him, "I will get your wine upfront soon", he says, "I dont want to get in trouble, are you sure?", she says "its OK, It will be up front, I will let you know".
So, anyway, as the drinks cart goes past, she tells him to go to seat 1C and then brings a bottle of wine up to him. For the flight he was chatting to the flight attendants, obviously familiar with them, drinking his wine and so on. As we file off the plane he is sitting there, the pilot was out talking to him like old mates.
So......... I thought could he be an air marshall? No I dont think so because my understanding is that if we do still have them on our planes they are supposed to be anon to everyone including crew. I can be certain that he would be an employee of the airline, so what role then woud make him known to the whle flight crew and scared witless of getting in trouble for drinking alcohol.
So again......... I can only suspect that he is a pilot (had the pilot haircut) and concerned that he was worried about getting busted with alcohol because he is soon to be flying.
I am not sure of I am jumping to conclusions, just cannot think of too many other options. So, for me the question is this... Is this the type of thing I should really chat about with some authorities, bacause if he is a pilot it is a pulic risk to fly under alcohol influence - no matter how much?
I would appreciate your thoughts.
BTW I do have more information that I have not written as to keep things as anon as possible. One such is the Three Letter Acronym that the flight crew all seemed to refer to him as. If anyone knows of the acronyms used by airlines to refer to people or peoples positions that could help me know for sure the role of the guy in the company then please let me know.
Cheers
As you would know, as a frequent flyer you do tend to notice when things are a less different then ordinary, as was my experience today.
On a flight back to my hometown one one of our budget carriers I was seated next to a man that I soon noticed all the flight crew knew personally. He whispered (bit too loud since I easily heard) to the flight attendant, "when we are airborne do you think I could order a red wine, is that OK, you wont get me in trouble will you?". To which she replied, "Thats fine, I will get you a wine, it's OK", he says, "I dont want to get in trouble", she says it is OK, will be fine.
Thinking this was a little odd I watched closely, another flight attendant comes past and whispers to him, "I will get your wine upfront soon", he says, "I dont want to get in trouble, are you sure?", she says "its OK, It will be up front, I will let you know".
So, anyway, as the drinks cart goes past, she tells him to go to seat 1C and then brings a bottle of wine up to him. For the flight he was chatting to the flight attendants, obviously familiar with them, drinking his wine and so on. As we file off the plane he is sitting there, the pilot was out talking to him like old mates.
So......... I thought could he be an air marshall? No I dont think so because my understanding is that if we do still have them on our planes they are supposed to be anon to everyone including crew. I can be certain that he would be an employee of the airline, so what role then woud make him known to the whle flight crew and scared witless of getting in trouble for drinking alcohol.
So again......... I can only suspect that he is a pilot (had the pilot haircut) and concerned that he was worried about getting busted with alcohol because he is soon to be flying.
I am not sure of I am jumping to conclusions, just cannot think of too many other options. So, for me the question is this... Is this the type of thing I should really chat about with some authorities, bacause if he is a pilot it is a pulic risk to fly under alcohol influence - no matter how much?
I would appreciate your thoughts.
BTW I do have more information that I have not written as to keep things as anon as possible. One such is the Three Letter Acronym that the flight crew all seemed to refer to him as. If anyone knows of the acronyms used by airlines to refer to people or peoples positions that could help me know for sure the role of the guy in the company then please let me know.
Cheers
