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US plane passenger Vincent Peone gets entire Delta flight to himself, videos entire experience
By Jayme Deerwester
Vincent Peone with a drink aboard his 'private jet'.Credit: Screenshot
When was the the last time you boarded flight and discovered you had your whole row to yourself? How about having the whole plane to yourself?
That's the position director and CollegeHumor.com alumnus Vincent Peone found himself in while flying Delta Air Lines from Aspen, Colorado, to Salt Lake City en route to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport last week.
Naturally, the New York-based director, who told The Washington Post that his solo flight most likely resulted from a rescheduling, documented this rare experience and shared it in a video posted on social media Monday.
"That looks like an awesome experience! " the airline said in a tweet to Peone. "Thank you for the shoutout, and we truly appreciate you for choosing Delta!"
Here are four things that stood out about Peone's solo flight:
1. No seatmates, just sandbags
The aircraft generally used for this route carry about 70 people, according to SeatGuru. With just the cabin crew and Peone aboard, the plane was seriously underweight. Cue the sandbags.
A cart pulled up alongside the plane, and ground crew workers loaded enough weight to allow the plane to take off.
2. Personalised boarding and safety announcements
"I arrived at the airport, which is a very tiny airport, and at the desk, they were like, 'I don't know if we even need to make the announcement because it's just you,' " Peone told The Washington Post. "I was like, 'Oh, no. Do the announcement.' Obviously everyone really enjoyed playing along."
In Peone's video, the gate agent handing the boarding announcement addresses him by name as does the flight attendant during her safety announcement.
3. You get to meet the pilots
The video shows one of the pilots joking that Peone had his "own private jet."
4. Window or aisle, your choice
Peone confirmed that he was told he could sit anywhere he liked.
"I was tempted to try to set a record to sit in every single seat for like, two minutes on the flight so that I could actually sit everywhere," he cracked. "But I didn't feel that ambitious." ---
USA TODAY
See also: United Airlines puts unaccompanied boy on flight to wrong country
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