Meet George the autopilot
Travelling on LX424 from Zurich to Birmingham last Monday (26 Jan), we had a most entertaining captain. About 50. Long flowing moustache. Greeted us at the stairs. Shortly before startup in the EMB 145, he took the phone from one of the attendants and give us a lengthy pre-flight announcement about the weather, how the first officer would be taking off, etc. He then announced that George would be flying most of the way. "Do you know George?" he said, pulling a small teddy bear out of his pocket. "George is the automatic pilot". General amusement. When he went into the cockpit, I remarked to my neighbour "Defninitely not a Swiss-German?" Tight lips were my only reply. Picked the wrong person for this remark I suppose.
Momo