{"id":702601,"date":"2019-09-10T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/passenger-steps-in-to-fly-plane-to-spain-after-original-pilot-delay\/"},"modified":"2019-09-10T13:07:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T13:07:43","slug":"passenger-steps-in-to-fly-plane-to-spain-after-original-pilot-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/10\/passenger-steps-in-to-fly-plane-to-spain-after-original-pilot-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger steps in to fly plane to Spain after original pilot delay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An off-duty pilot starting his summer holiday with his family ended up flying the plane to Spain himself after the original captain did not turn up.<\/p>\n

Michael Bradley, who works for easyJet, announced to his fellow passengers from the tarmac of Manchester Airport that he had offered to step in and fly them all to Alicante in order to avoid a two-hour delay.<\/p>\n

Pointing to his wife and son \u201csitting in row 15\u201d of the plane, the airman said she had learned of the delay before they set off for the airport from home, and told him with a \u201cpunch to the back of the head\u201d at 3am.<\/p>\n