Was on an ATC fam flight from UK to Malta with a colleague. When we pitched up for the return leg there were no seats available (including the jump seat).
We spotted a heap of EIN aircraft on the ramp as the Irish were playing Malta in a world cup qualifier. Being from Belfast we chanced our arms. We had NO tickets as such ,merely a "pass" from the Fam Flight office made out by Air Malta.
Long story short an Are Lingus guy took pity on us and put us on a 747! which had to return to DUB to do a trip to BOS that afternoon.
Three flight crew and no cabin staff (the engineer did the emergency brief...and showed us where we could locate some drinks!)
After that if Aer Lingus needed anything from ATC my answer was always YES ...now what was the question?
Last edited by eastern wiseguy; 6th Mar 2016 at 17:53.