I hate calling out specific pilots, but there are some that just stand out. You have your more "traditional" (aka professional) top notch airline industry ambassadors, like Captain Flanagan, Captain McFadden, etc., and then you have some less traditional ones. One of those would be United's Captain Morgan. Yes, that's his real name. We all…
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I flew with him several years ago and my girlfriend and I still joke and laugh about "sit and stay". I wonder if we were on the same flight, infact, because Mike was indeed our copilot and I swear he used these same lines. I'm fairly certain --- March '08. "All Rise".
I thought your headline was launching a discussion on flying with drunk pilots. LOL.
I am actually crew with UAL and flew with him last year. He's actually on the Airbus fleet now and yes, he is still as hilarious as you remember him. The trip that I was on with him was one for the record books for sure as going down as one of my favorite trips ever. I keep hoping that I will get to fly with him again soon.
Ha. I certainly remember that flight and even looked it up: January 21, 2008 on UA946.
Haven't flown with him since.
Though lackluster crews are very uncommon at CO in my experience, I have never seen nor heard of employees like Captain Morgan/Flanagan/McFadden and other UA stars (Mr. Martinez CSR at SFO, one checkin agent at LAX, person in the Lounge at SYD) working for CO. I hope with the merger, this kind of culture will spread - especially if Smisek can fix the morale issues.
United has some real stars and its sad that in recent years they are becoming few and far between. I remember them always smiling and being very friendly when flying on UA as a small child in the early 80's.
I flew on a Captain Morgan trip a few years ago - same great stuff like "all rise" and "voices in his head". As I remember he also made a post-landing announcement that all members of the witness protection program meet for their ground transportation!
We need more like him! Wish I could find him again.