Celebrity sightings?

**WWF** · February 25, 2003, 03:27 AM

I was working on a 747 once as the economy purser JFK-LHR. I walked up to the front while the aircraft was still on stand to get the paperword from the chief.

I noticed this cute guy standing talking to a couple of the crew and recognised him. I walked right up to him and said oh hi how are you? He was very polite back to me and made smalltalk. I walked away assuming he was positioing crew maybe cabin crew maybe flight crew.

Wasn't sure but I knew that I had seen and maybe flown with this guy before.

It was later during the flight that the first class purser came down and told me that her VIP passengers were really nice.

Oh yes I replied who have you got up there I enquired?

Oh its Prince Andrew!!!

I had not recognised Prince Andrew!!! Thank god I didn't make any rude or suggestive comments to him I'd be locked up in the tower of London!!!!

**Swissmiss** · February 25, 2003, 11:59 PM

Kurt Jurgens,Hardy Kruger,Rod Taylor,and others that i have to look up in my old journal. One of my last flights from CPH-LAX in 1983 i had Kim Basinger and her husband last name Britton or something. She was nice, shy type he seemed over protective of her.

**brownbob** · February 26, 2003, 02:38 PM

Hey,got back today from sunny lax

we had Max Beasley on board..what a DDG guy,and coming home last night Ms Pamela Anderson

charming and very friendly

just thought i'de keep you all 'abreast' of the situation

FLY SAFE,ITS GOOD TO BE HOME BB

**joeluft** · March 5, 2003, 06:03 AM

Personally, I never asked an autograph to any celebrity, excluding 3 pictures taken together with Bo Derek, one with Jackie Collins (during a book signature in NYC), and a picture sent by Farrah Fawcett (she was my favourite when I was a kid). I agree that vips must be left where they belong. Most of them don't want to be recognized, or at least left alone. But I spoke I heard what Michael Jackson did when he flew for LAX to FRA, a couple of months ago. Very definetely, I would call sick in situations like that.

**Paddles_up** · March 5, 2003, 08:51 AM

Chuck Yeager

I've had Chuck Yeager fly on one of our Metro III's when I dispatched in Alaska. It's a 17 pax a/c so there is no FA. The FO was a very good friend of mine and a very pretty blonde at that. Since there wasn't an FA, the FO was required to give the safety briefing.
She was very embarassed and humiliated when he kept refering to her as the FA (not that is was an insult...please take no offense). She came into the office in tears because he was one of her biggest aviation idols (and mine) yet he treated her with such contempt on the flight....I won't go into details because I truly admire the man's accomplishments but she was heart broken.

**Jessica** · March 5, 2003, 04:06 PM

I don't see celebs in-flight too often, but I've checked in plenty of them!

Keanu Reeves (actor) - ASS!

Jewel (singer) - needs to get over herself.
Nedra Carroll (Jewel's mom & manager) - very, very sweet lady!
Joe (singer) - SEXY! Oh yeah - nice, too!
Ivory (WWF wrestler) - she is such a doll! Actually made friends w/her and now we send each other holiday wishes and she sends me WWF tickets whever we're going to be in the same city!
Catherine Harris (Florida Secretary of State) - this lady is incredibly sharp, pleasant, and rather nice.
Gov. Howard Dean (Vermont) - what a pussy! Always travels with one bodyguard and one assistant. Demands to be preboarded. Gets off the aircraft if the temperature doesn't meet his fancy.
Senator James Jeffords (Vermont party jumper) - AWESOME guy! Wish he was my long-lost uncle!
Congressman Bernie Sanders (Vermont) - bumped him off his flights and called security on him for being a dick on September 13, 2001.
Yves Couette (CEO of Ben & Jerry's) - very cool guy who gave out free ice-cream coupons to all the staff!
Jamie Lee Curtis (actress) - she has got to be the world's biggest bitch. I think she may have been the original creator of the phrase "Do you know who I am?".
Jack Nicklaus (professional golfer) - ASS. ASS.

Bill Clinton (former U.S. president) - very pleasant. Hard to think ill thoughts about him when he's in your presence, despite what you hear on the tube.
Sandra Bullock (actress) - very nice!
B.B. King (Blues guitar god) - nice, nice, nice!
Bill Cosby (actor/comedian) - has his own plane, but I worked at an FBO that he parked in. Nice guy. Even nicer plane!
Miss America 1999 - WAY TOO MUCH BAGGAGE! Didn't say 2 words to any of the airline staff.
Jean-Jacques Cousteau (oceanographer) - very nice guy despite cancelled flights.
Keiko (orca whale) - very pleasant sea creature. Flew out of Newport, OR on an Air Force cargo jet. Didn't struggle against the net.
Chris Isaak (singer/actor/songwriter/my future husband) - very nice guy, stunning eyes. Someday he'll come out.
Ernie Kent (UO Men's Basketball coach) - nice guy. Very serious.
Kevin Johnson (NBA Player) - very annoying.
The Cherry Poppin' Daddies (band) - these guys are awesome and very fun to party with!

There may be more, but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

**SeanJFK** · March 5, 2003, 05:41 PM

my, my what a fun post this is!

Harry Connick + Wife (kind of an ass)
Jermaine Jackson (nice, but so gay that I couldn't get to close because the flames might have scorched me!)
Fergie (what a luv!)
JFK JR + Caroline bessette (sat in coach, and declined an upgrade, he said "the people in first aren't getting to LA any quicker")
Eartha Kitt (an icon who has gone round the bend!)
William + Steven Baldwin (indifferent)
Carson Daly + Tara Ried (pigs, I tell you. Pigs!)
Jules Asner (very nice, has a nose ring!)
Britney Spears (very polite and very quiet)
Ivana Trump (words cannot express the nastiness of this woman)
Macaulay Culkan (came the the coach galley trying to find his seat....3A)
Emma Samms (sat in coach with her kids, while her nanny sat in first...and so stunning in person)
Jennifer Lopez (I CANNOT STAND THIS WOMAN...she yelled at me because I couldn't make her a double espresso, and then told me that my shoes looked cheap!!!!!! can you believe it!? so I replied "well at least they match YOUR bag!"
Mariah Carey (pre breakdown, and not very nice)
Richard Gere (he used to be a FA for AirCal....nice, nice nice)
Tony Danza (very nice)
Robbie Williams (wanted to lick him from head to toe)
Oprah Winfrey (one of the nicest, contray to popular opinion)
Judge Judy (what a tiny little thing)
George Clooney (wanted to bust out with the lap dance and blow job service!)

And my all time favorite is Drew Barrymore. When I asked her if she would like a drink before take off she extended her hand and said "Hi, my name is Drew. What's your name?" We talked about everthing...boys, shoes, travel the whole bit. That was five years ago, and I would bet that if she saw me tomorrow, she would still remember my name. just the best, but oddly she won't return my calls!

**Cliff** · March 7, 2003, 07:41 AM

I was working in first class on a flight from Amsterdam to Mexico in the early 1990's and we had Elton John on board. Sorry, but he was one of the most unpleasant passengers I have ever had on a flight. YAK! He was very rude. Maybe he had a bad day or...maybe he didn't like my look. Who knows?

**brownbob** · March 7, 2003, 10:16 AM

Hey Cliff,it certainly wasnt you

,i brought him back from LAX a few months ago and he was quite rude/moody and very precious

on boarding he said 'no autographs'who are you asked one of the girls

ooops he was not happy.His partner on the other hand was charming

i guess we all have 'precious moments

FLY SAFE BB

**SWACSA** · March 7, 2003, 01:51 PM

Chuck Berry...a very nice man
Al Gore...a very well mannered man
WWF guys...what a scream,checking in these fellows was a treat. Have never been fond of wrestling, but found all of these guys so pleasant and fun to be around.
George Stephanopoulos ...very nice
Janet Reno...very pleasant
Lindsay Wagner...quiet