Wednesday, December 7, 2011
I Spy...
During one flight in the 1970's, James Bond (Roger Moore) was sitting in first class. He was unbelievably handsome and charming. I was quite nervous just having to serve him.
After the meal when things calmed down and the cabin lights were dimmed, he asked me to prepare a 'bed' for him in economy since there were a lot of empty seats. I said I would be happy to and went back to the last section of the 747. I found an empty row of four seats in the middle section and prepared a nice bed for him.
"Sir," I said, "your bed is ready." He asked me to show him and off we went.
He removed his shoes and sat down, and then looked at me and with that smile and said, "Would you like to join me?" I thought I was going to die. I was glad the cabin was dark because otherwise he would have seen my red face. I just told him that I appreciated the offer, but had to go back to my duties. Afterwards I thought of all kinds of smart answers, but *OMG*!
Posted by Eva Bunaes
SFO 1970-86
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I had to laugh at your story of "James Bond" on your flight.
ReplyDeleteAbout THAT same time, I was a real U.S. Intelligence Officer assigned to Mid East and went back and forth on PAN AM #001 & 114 NY-Rome/Ankara. We always traveled coach, never got an Aston Martin and never wore a tuxedo. We had to do expense reports, file paperwork of travel plans vrs. actual itinerary, and justify all expenses to the penny. As a courier classified documents, they NOT on microfilm hidden in a watch, but were wrapped on a 4'x4'x4' pallet which were loaded in the cargo hold by forklift.
OUR lives were far different than Roger Moore's. Still, it beat the alternative gig in S.E. Asia.
I always figured the TV show, "PAN AM" was as different from reality as our lives were from host of spy thrillers most outsiders expected.
JD