With the rash of people jumping on the Airline bandwagon, raving about the show which showcases Southwest Airlines employees around the country, I thought I should offer up the following tidbit of information.
The Discovery Wings channel has been showing reruns of the BBC Show Airport .
Airport, instead of concentrating on a single airline, tends to follow the staff of the airport itself (in this case, London Heathrow), with occasional dalliances with a particular airline's staff (for instance, in an episode I watched this morning on TiVo, they followed around an El Al agent as he helped out an underage passenger).
It's clear that Airline is a carbon copy of Airport, converted for American audiences... the pacing of the show is the same, the standard segues are all the same (although instead of "Meanwhile, at Chicago's Midway...", it's usually "Meanwhile, over in Terminal 2...")
But if you like Airline, you should check out Airport as well.
My wife got me hooked on Airport and I agree, it's a better show. Partly because they do more with different groups of people, and partly because I don't think there would be a good many Emperors flying in on Southwest, no less having the local ambassador's wife get locked in the bathroom.
ah pfft, I don't have Discovery Wings.
Since I told Tivo to catch Airline, it also thought I'd like Airport. It turned out to be correct.
It was much better than the "Southwest Commercial". More diversity.
Guess I better thank the son for turning me into a TIVO admirer.
Thanks