Back around 2005 my wife and I lived in London but are from the US. It was August and she went back to spend a week at her parents before I was to fly and meet her in New York to go to a beach rental with extended family because I had work to finish up in London.
I was supposed to leave on Thursday on BA or American, the airlines I normally flew, but ended up having to attend a work dinner on Thursday so my PA had to rebook me and Virgin was the best option on Friday. I flew business or first, yes I was spoiled, so it didn't matter and I'd flown Virgin before.
I got to the Upper Class lounge in Heathrow and it was more like a party than a first class lounge. Maybe I'd been flying stuffy BA too long but I'd been in Virgin’s lounge before and it was never like that. I figured I'd have a few drinks because it was Friday, I'd missed my flight the day before and I was heading on two weeks of holiday. I got talking to the partying crowd and
What are some of the strangest things to happen in an airplane?