This was certainly the most humbling moment i've had with the slf.
We we're operating a flight to Cagliari.
Early last year we took a special request from the gate staff to keep a row of seats at the back of the a/c. Its not something we at EasyJet do so its a rare request. We blindly obliged and kept a row.
Well up the steps came this stunning woman still in her bridal gown and groom. The instant i saw the groom it was obvious that he was seriously not well. Both beeming from ear to ear settled into their seats, and the special request for them to sit together in their own row did not go unnoticed. They thanked time and time again for being allowed on the plane first.
As we pushed back there we're tears in both their eyes as they sat together looking out the window. Once we where airbourne we asked if they would like anything and thus a chat with the newlyweds began.
The couple where from Poland and had just got married last minute that day. The groom had been diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year but his condition had taken a turn for the worst. Their family had organised the wedding and honeymoon to Cagliari in record time. It ment that the couple didn't have time to change and straight after the wedding in full atire flew straight from poland to conect to our flight, and now here they where.
They were such a lovely couple who for a moment on that flight seemed that their problems where miles away.
It was a truely humbling experience, the hope in their eyes and the sheer determination for them to enjoy the last moments he might have together moved all of the crew. It changes you when you get to see life in a different perspective, the things that are really important.............
......then as typical on the return flight you get the idiot who throws his toys out of the pram because you only have slimline tonic and no lemon for his G&T!