Lucky Man Gets Entire Flight To Himself, Shares Video Of Flying In His 'Own Private Jet'
Vincent Peone might not own an airplane but he found himself to be the only passenger on a flight he was offered as an alternative to his morning Delta flight by SkyWest Airlines which was grounded last week. He was headed to New York to see his grandfather in the hospital Howevee the funniest part is that he never flew on that flight.
Have you ever imagined how it must feel to travel in a private jet, like super duper rich people do? Well,this New York City-based director was lucky enough to come close to an experience like this.
Vincent Peone might not own an airplane, but he found himself to be the only passenger on a flight he was offered as an alternative to his morning Delta flight by SkyWest Airlines, which was grounded last week. He was given two alternatives, one flight around noon and the other one in the late evening, Peone told NBC news.
"When I arrived at the gate, the tiny airport was completely empty so I approached the lady at the gate, who told me I would be the only passenger," he told NBC News. "She wasn't sure there was a need to make an announcement but I told her, 'Oh please make the announcement' and pulled out my phone. Everyone from the sky team from that point on got a kick out of it and played along beautifully."
Last week @Delta gave me my own private jet...kind of. pic.twitter.com/p14OGLw1jv
¡ª vincent peone (@vincentpeone) August 12, 2019
The video that was shared by Peone on Monday, shows an airline employee inviting ¡°The only passenger on this flight¡± to "kindly board at this time.¡± It then shows workers loading his bags onto the aircraft.
The video also shows Peone with a drink in his hand and joking with pilots about being on a private jet. His video also shows rows of empty seats. Peone told The Washington Post that a flight attendant said that he could sit wherever he wanted.
He said that the trip would have probably cost the airline $30,000 to fly him to Salt Lake City and speculated that the airline went along with it because "they had to fly there to pick people up and bring them back."
"I'm a director who owns my own production company so I fly often," Peone told NBC News. "But this was a first." He was headed to New York, to see his grandfather in the hospital.
Howevee, the funniest part is that he never flew on that flight, according to RT. The plane had to stop on the runway and turn back due to some mechanical issue!
