Denise - you didn't tell me that little story when insisting I pluck up enough courage to take the flight to Moscow. Sorry, but there's just no way I could do it now. It'll have to remain on my 'maybe I should have' list!! It was bad enough when I read somewhere that the air conditioning doesn't come on in the plane until the engines start! From someone who has a terrible fear of flying, it's all too much!

I'm having enough trouble trying to cope with the fact that United have flight attendants older (much) than me!! Panic stations! Thank heavens they have restrictions on the pilots - they do don't they Sue? I've never flown with United but am this time as it's the airline my son uses and he's using his points to upgrade me - good enough reason?? Lee