On my way to London, I sat next to an Emirates Airbus A340 captain (he wasn’t flying the plane at the time...), a fascinating guy from Vancouver who flew aircraft in the Canadian Forces for 20 years before becoming a commercial jet pilot. Over his career, he's visited the entire world and had insight on many things, from life in Dubai and 18 hour flights around the world to the decline of the pilots’ profession and his view of Canada as an expat. Emirates is an airline in a class entirely apart from North American and European airlines; he noted Cathay Pacific and Singapore Airlines as perhaps the only comparable in terms of quality and service … first class on an Emirates jet is really something to behold (complete with a shower!). (I certainly didn’t fly first class to London, but I did get an exit row seat, woohoo!)
This fellow's ability to hold a conversation after spending 20 hours travelling around the world was particularly impressive. I'm still not quite over jetlag … I think it's time for a nap.
Landing at Heathrow in merry old England!
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