Originally Posted by
Larry in TN
That's too bad. They used to have fun with the phone calls.
They'd call, introduce themselves, then start making small talk while you wondered what they were going to say. Eventually, they'd ask if you were going to take your family out to dinner tonight to celebrate.
I still remember that call. I was doing a live check IAH-AEX, we just pulled into the gate, shut down the plane and I told the crew I was going up top to list for the jumpseat.
I turned my phone on it ringed and my life changed! I knew the CA fairly well. He asked who was that and I told him that it was my ticket to UA. Needless to say they passed their line check.