My first flight instructor had a day job flying Shed loads (pun intended) of passengers from EMA. He was upgraded, and rumour has it that on his first flight after line check he boarded with a white cane, dark glasses and tapped his way to the rear galley, then back to the flight deck - fell into his seat over the throttle quadrant, then made the following PA:
"Ladies and Gents. Sorry about that, but I do have to have a little joke with you ... (pause) ... by the way, is this a good time to tell you I have never done this before".
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