Pilot buys pizzas for passengers grounded by storm

The Oklahoman ^ | 7/8/10 | AP Writer

[T-Bird45]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Faced with potentially hungry — and grumpy — passengers, a Frontier Airlines pilot treated them to pizza when storms diverted a Denver-bound flight to Cheyenne, where the plane was stuck for a couple of hours.

Cheyenne Domino's Pizza manager Andrew Ritchie told The Associated Press that he got a call about 10 p.m. Monday just as he was about to send employees home. Ritchie said the pilot told him he needed to feed 160 people — fast.

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[T-Bird45]

I understand your reluctance to praise anything about air travel as I have basically sworn off of it since 2009. If I can’t drive to the destination, I don’t go. There’s a conference in Toronto, Canada I’d love to attend in September but that’s not a driving destination for me and I don’t have a passport. I’m gonna have to fix that passport deal in the next year or so as I want to do an Alaska cruise that includes a visit to Canada. I’ll also likely have to fly for the first time in years.