Frontier Airlines pilot buys pizza for 160 passengers stranded on delayed flight

[cali]

As one person said on Twitter, Gerhard Bradner might be the world's most awesome pilot.

Bradner, captain of a Frontier Airlines Airbus A320, was stuck in Cheyenne, Wyo., along with 160 passengers after their flight to Denver was diverted Monda night because of poor weather in Colorado.

Facing a wait of hours and with no food on board, Bradner took control of the situation: The pilot called a Domino's Pizza in Cheyenne, which was about to close at 10 p.m.

"I need to feed my whole plane," Bradner told the Domino's manager, Adam Ritchie, according to CNN. It worked out to about 38 pizzas, all paid for by Bradner.

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http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2014/07/frontier_airlines_pilot_buys_p.html



Storms on Monday night saw dozens of services disrupted, including Frontier Airlines Flight 719 from Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport.

The aircraft was approaching Denver, Colorado, but severe weather prevented it from landing, and then low fuel saw it diverted to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where it was forced to wait for several hours.

Captain Gerhard Bradner took pity on his passengers, however, and reportedly ordered dozens of pizzas on his personal account, which were delivered to the 160 passengers waiting on board the Airbus A320.

A photo of cabin crew dishing out the food was sent to a local news network. Frontier Airlines confirmed the reports.

Passenger Logan Marie Torres told KDVR: "He said 'Ladies and gentleman, Frontier Airlines is known for being one of the cheapest airlines in the US, but your captain is not cheap - I just ordered pizza for the entire plane'."

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10955623/Pilot-orders-pizza-for-delayed-passengers.html

[cali]

1. I think this was such a nice thing to do. Hope Frontier reimburses Mr. Bradner

They just got millions of dollars of free good publicity because of him.

[malaise]

2. Very cool

and unusual

[LiberalLoner]

3. Not so unusual if he is from that part of the US

I'm from Montana and that's what I was taught. If the people around you need some help, you give them some help, if you can, even if it costs you some. It's kind of the code of the old West or something.

[cali]

4. sorry, it's apparently quite unusual- wherever he's from.

and I could say just what you said about Vermonters- and it sure isn't a code of the old west. When I first moved here it shocked me. Here's a recent example. I recently bought some stuff at a town rummage sale about 15 miles away. They forgot to put one of my (cheap) items in a bag: they tracked me down from my check (even though it didn't have my street address) and delivered said item to the door. Here's another: a guy I barely know in the village dropped off 3 canes for me after noticing me using one crutch to get around. It seems endless, the kindness of people here.

[LiberalLoner]

6. Nice! Maybe it's just the way we all used to be, and maybe can be that way again?

I apologize, didn't mean to offend.

[cali]

7. you absolutely did not offend. I understand taking pride in

your state. I love Vermont as if it was a person- the whole hog; politics, the civic mindedness of folks, etc. I think it does tend to be more of a rural thing and we're both from rural places.

[LiberalLoner]

8. I think Vermont looks like a paradise, and Sen. Sanders is my favorite politician.

Kind of wishing I could live there.

When I was growing up, we always gave a package of meat to relatives and friends stopping over, before they left. It was in case they didn't have anything much to eat at home. Those little things made a deep impression on me. I think that's part of why I vote democratic.

[malaise]

5. Nice to hear

[dickthegrouch]

9. How long did it take TSA to scan that lot through ?

How on earth would a pizza company get a delivery onto a plane without TSA assistance?
There must be a paragraph in some manual somewhere which allowed it. In which case I take back every derogatory comment I've ever made about TSA and their incompetence. Someone had some foresight!