Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

[Peabody]

Off topic but great story and even better photo

Hardly off topic, met him in the lounge and within Virgin Australia he is rather famous

 

[Boris spatsky]

Just sat next to Neil Finn from Crowded House on CBR-BNE. Noticed he is a SG off his BP. Good to see VA acknowledged my DYKWIA WP status by serving me first!

 

[Simo]

Hardly off topic, met him in the lounge and within Virgin Australia he is rather famous

No I was off topic commenting on your work.

Guys like that would have huge insight into the inner workings of the airlines and industry as a whole approach.

I bet you could have sat there for hours asking questions.

 

[Astroboi82]

Just sat next to Neil Finn from Crowded House on CBR-BNE. Noticed he is a SG off his BP. Good to see VA acknowledged my DYKWIA WP status by serving me first!

Is there somewhere that expalins what all the Letters everyone on here uses means ?

 

[flyingfan]

Is there somewhere that expalins what all the Letters everyone on here uses means ?

Yes - http://www.australianfrequentflyer....viations-and-explanations-5056.html#post69096

 

[kalboy]

I sat across from Richard De Crespigny on a flight from Sydney to Adelaide last week. ( In Business cabin, not the front end ) Took me a minute to realize who the guy in jeans and a t-shirt was, that got a look-in behind the flight cabin doors.

 

[pshepvic]

I sat across from Richard De Crespigny on a flight from Sydney to Adelaide last week. ( In Business cabin, not the front end ) Took me a minute to realize who the guy in jeans and a t-shirt was, that got a look-in behind the flight cabin doors.

He was the captain on my flight from LAX to MEL last month. During the flight he walked through every cabin to talk to passengers. His announcements over the PA were great - and despite what happened on QF32, he clearly believes the A380 is a great aircraft. We even got photos with him in the coughpit after the flight. He did more for the image of Qantas on that one flight than the marketing department could hope to in a decade.

 

[Warks]

Was he the last to board?

I've been on the same flight as him a number of times - always last to board and in row 1.

Same as St Kevin in my experience.

 

[warpspeed]

Geoff Dixon sat behind me from BNE to SYD yesterday afternoon so obviously the ex-CEO didn't get an automatic entitlement to row 1 in his exit package...

I didnt realise it at the time, but I sat next to Geoff Dixon SYD-BNE years ago when he was CEO, had a good chat to him too. Was trying to figure out why the FAs were fussing over the two of us so much. Then he said he worked for QF, but didn't say what position. I thought there was something familiar about him. Looked him up later on.

Sat next to ABC CEO SYD-ADL a few years back.

Poured drinks with Ian Thorpe at the self serve bar in the SQ J SKL in T3 at SIN in April last year.

 

[scaredeycat]

Noticed a very glamorous pneumatic dark lady in the First lounge at LAX on Saturday night prior to boarding QF 12. No idea who she was, but disembarking in Sydney I realised she was accompanying Iggy Pop. He rivals Keith Richards in the weather beaten stakes. He's got a built up shoe on one side and limps - must make dancing on stage difficult.

 

[scaredeycat]

Further research reveals that her name is Nina Alu, she is of mixed Irish and Nigerian descent and used to be a flight attendant - and they're married.

 

[Hvr]

Noticed a very glamorous pneumatic dark lady in the First lounge at LAX on Saturday night prior to boarding QF 12. No idea who she was, but disembarking in Sydney I realised she was accompanying Iggy Pop. He rivals Keith Richards in the weather beaten stakes. He's got a built up shoe on one side and limps - must make dancing on stage difficult.

An interesting description.

pneu·mat·ic

[noo-mat-ik, nyoo-] Show IPA

adjective 1. of or pertaining to air, gases, or wind.

2. of or pertaining to pneumatics.

3. operated by air or by the pressure or exhaustion of air: a pneumatic drill.

4. filled with or containing compressed air, as a tire.

5. equipped with pneumatic tires.

I can't work out what you actually mean. Oh and he redefines weather beaten.

 

[Warks]

An interesting description.




I can't work out what you actually mean. Oh and he redefines weather beaten.

I think pneumatic in the sense it was used in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Urban Dictionary: pneumatic

 

[Hvr]

I think pneumatic in the sense it was used in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Urban Dictionary: pneumatic

Thanks, that actually makes sense.

 

[Brisbane Flyer]

I've been behind Kevin a few times as we all waited to get on the aircraft.
Also had a good conversation with him at Suncorp Stadium while we waited in line for drinks.

Loves a chat, especially when going to Brisbane or in Brisbane.

 

[Fantic125]

An interesting description.




I can't work out what you actually mean. Oh and he redefines weather beaten.

Sometimes images speak louder than words.....

 

[Fruitcake]

Loves a chat, especially when going to Brisbane or in Brisbane.

He also enjoys fully reclining immediately after the aircraft has left the ground and happily maintains that position through meal service, according to a work colleague .

 

[scaredeycat]

She looks better in real life.
He looks worse!

 

[drewbles]

I can't work out what you actually mean. Oh and he redefines weather beaten.

Clearly she was fitted with a nice set of... tyres

Perhaps enigmatic was the word being needed here

 

[TonyHancock]

I was out DYKWIA'd by Grant Hackett today. He boarded almost last explained to the pax sitting in 5C that it was his lucky day, going on to say there was no way he was sitting down the back. The pax in 5C was moved to J to accommodate Mr Hackett. (This had obviously been worked out prior to boarding, but the pax in 5C didn't know what to do until the CSM came to give him his good new.)

He then popped his arm into a sling and withered on to anyone that would listen about his mysterious infection.

i had no idea who he was until some sycophantic half wit started blathering on about him taking the coaching job for Swimming Australia. A google images search for Australian swimmers helped me out.

Meanwhile the crew were so poor it looks as though my Trans Tasman travel will now go to VA.