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Thank you.

I've been thinking about it for a while.

Becoming a pilot, the two grand payoff, put that towards training.

Two grand, OK, double it, then put a nought on that.

£40 ,000.

Yeah, cost of lessons, loss of earnings while you rack up your flying hours.

Can't take two or three years, you know. There's zero job security these days.

Mind you, tossers like him can manage it.

What the hell is he up to now?

I don't know why Janice puts up with it.

Yeah, I'll call you back.

Thanks. It's fine, honestly.

Hold on.

Don't I know you?

I don't think so.

Captain... Croker.

Nigel Croker. Captain Croker, I do know you. It's Jilly.

You remember me?

Jilly.

Yes, you work for... Of course.

You're so clever to remember me. So, how are you? Are you flying today?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I'm on my way to work right now.

Oh.

11 .30 to Nice.

No way. Me and my friend are going to Nice. Which airline?

Fresh. That is amazing. Me too.

It's such a coincidence.

Yes, it is.

I look forward to seeing you later.

Me too.

Two tickets on the 11 .30 to Nice, please.

Good morning.

Thank you.

That's 1C and D just here on the left.

Hello again.

What a pleasant surprise.

Marco, this is Jilly and... Phoebe.

Phoebe.

They crewed for Emirates in Dubai.

Look after them on the flight, will you? Get them a drink on me.

Very kind of you, Captain.

I do, excuse me.

How are you doing?

You were just saying what a nice change it is to be sitting down.

Captain Kroger asked me to give you these.

Really? I'm so generous of him. What a kind.

I wish I could thank him in person.

Will you let him know I said that?

Yes, please.

I'll top you up later.

Hi, Joey.

Father's meeting him in Manchester.

Thanks. Hi, Joey.

Rachel, you take him to his room, please.

Can I take your bag?

Don't you want to go and see your daddy?

I want to go home.

Yeah, give her a hand.

Sure.

Hello. What's your name?

Jo.

Jo. And what have you got there?

Is that your bag?

How about you come sit next to me and we'll look after that bag together?

Yeah? Come on then. Come on. What are these?

Give one to every passenger.

How would you rate your cabin crew's performance on this flight?

Excellent, good, average or poor? We're being evaluated.

Just a questionnaire. Most passengers throw them away.

A little questionnaire that just happens to come out the same day they're

getting rid of people.

That's not the reason why.

Hello.

Let's have a look in your bag, Joe.

OK. Shall we do a drawing together of an aeroplane?

Can you hold that?

Now, let's see what crayons and stuff you've got in here.

Oh, Christ, Jo, what's that?

Britney, she died.

Yeah, I can see that.

How long has it been in here?

Since my birthday.

Are you taking Britney to show Daddy?

No, I'm going to bury her.

Oh, that's nice. Are you going to bury her in the garden?

No, in the sky.

In Skype?

What do you mean, Jack?

Sweetheart, that's not a good idea.

Please, then Victor will be fine forever.

I won't do any harm.

Just until we get to Manchester.

Thank you.

I'm going to train to become a pilot.

Miss?

Yes? Lemon.

Lemon, of course, yes.

I've spoken to Dan Peterson and Nigel about it.

Is this what this is all about?

Competing with Nigel?

No.

I've been here two years.

There's only so much satisfaction a person can get from, I don't know,

people lemons.

£1 .50, please, madam. Thank you.

Didn't know you felt it was such a terrible life.

You know what I mean.

Do you know the most useful thing you could do for the flight date right now?

What? Take the drinks in.

I'll finish up here.

Hello, can I get you anything from the trolley?

Marco, did you keep those girls the champagne?

Thanks.

Thanks?

That's all?

They were really flattered. They said they would take a thank you in person.

Marco,

you wouldn't mind staying here for a minute, would you? Come for a break.

Sure, go ahead.

Take a seat.

Really? Yeah, why not?

See how I feel.

How are you enjoying the flight?

Loving it.

Your champagne helped.

My pleasure.

It was a very smooth take -off.

You're very kind.

That's like an interest in that sort of thing.

Well, if there's anything you'd like me to show you...

Well, I don't suppose there's any way to pick up to the flight deck, is there?

Have a quick look.

Oh,

I shouldn't have asked.

I wouldn't want to put you in a difficult position.

Get you in trouble with your superiors.

I suppose you've got to follow the rules.

Tell you what, I don't think he promises, but if I can get the FO out,

you step up and knock on the door?

And I'll buzz you in.

Seriously?

Well, I am a captain.

Testing,

testing. My name's Captain Croker. If any luck, I'm about to get screwed.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Manchester.

On behalf of Captain Warren and the crew, thank you for flying fresh today.

I just had a word with dispatch.

Joey's father's going to be late. Someone's going to have to stay with

So why can't dispatch look after him? Well, they're short -staffed. So we have

to work one crew down. Christ, if that man gets my budget by the minute.

Leanne, he seems happiest with you. Right.

Rachel, Lorna, let's start clearing up. Come on, Joey. Go find Dad.

Bye, Whitney.

The autopilot flies the thing. All you have to do is look good in the uniform

and be able to land.

And both things are equally important?

I know it's not that easy, but you know what I mean.

I think I could do it.

What are you two guessing about?

Nothing.

Marco was just telling me about the plan.

Janice.

What plan?

Yeah, to take redundancy and train as a pilot.

What?

Oh, sorry. I thought you'd know.

You know, with you two being so close.

Poppy, I can explain.

If you want to go for a comfort break now would be a good time.

We're not starting at the same time.

Okay.

You'll call crew?

Of course.

Go on, go on.

Come in if you're coming.

It's much smaller than you'd imagine.

I mean, are they all 747s and airbuses?

All this time you've been fucking me, you were planning on running out on me.

You tell Janet the deal about it, but you don't know what it gets to tell me.

Just keep your voice down. No!

People should know what a complete tosser you really are. Look, I don't owe

anything. What? I told you it was over, but you kept hopping back into my bed.

Why the fuck did you sleep with me, Markham, if you don't give a fuck about

Answer me that.

Why?

I thought... You hurt me in the dream.

Why?

We were playing over the Alps one day, and there was this girl in my crew who

was, um, you know, down there, giving my F -O the old Bravo Juliet.

She was this close to knocking the autopilot off.

That's not...

She used to bring the flight deck drinks in with all her buttons undone.

Listen, I'm a bit of a plain spotter myself.

I'm thinking about becoming a pilot.

Well, I could certainly help you with that.

Could I take a photo?

Just as a souvenir.

Tell you what.

I'll let you have a photo if you let me have your telephone number.

Deal.

What the hell is going on here?

You told me you were calling crew cover. Oh, come on. She was crew.

She could have been anyone.

Like what?

Our bloody Kaida?

Ridiculous.

Bugger, why haven't we even got a phone number?

What the hell?

We've got to get out of here before you think twice about it.

Then I've got to find some way of downloading the photo.

Add it in the lobby.

Thanks, bye.

Bye. Cheers.

Getting fresh, 30 ,000 feet.

Isn't there anywhere else I can sit?

I'm afraid the flight's completely full.

Smell that.

I think it's his feet.

I'll be breathing those fumes in for the whole flight.

I'm really sorry, sir. I wish I could help.

So basically you're telling me to grin and bear it.

How about I get you a complimentary drink? Would that help?

Scotch. A double.

That's all right. Pong coming from that guy's feet in row three. Got any ideas?

Why don't you wake him up and ask him to put his shoes on? You want to tell

someone his feet smell?

How about this?

Genius.

What's going on?

I've got a serious cheesy feet alert. I thought rather than wake the

passenger... Okay, put money in the box.

You're joking.

It's stock. You took it. If you don't pay for it, we all do.

Oh, that is really disgusting.

Oh, feet and cheap perfume. You're not kidding, mate. Try some more.

Are you okay?

My back.

Shit.

Hold on.

Here you are.

Is everything okay here?

I wake up and she's spraying stuff on me.

I do apologize, sir. I'll go and get you a glass of water.

Two sectors down, two to go.

The next two are mine.

Okay.

Fresh 218, flight crew and cabin crew are requested to make their way to the

fresh sensor immediately.

Fresh 218, understood. Is that the whole crew?

All flight crew and cabin crew on board.

But we're hopping through our shift, aren't we?

Replacements are on their way.

Over.

Captain Croker was more than happy to show me his cock.

I could have been a terrorist, a hijacker, a suicide bomber.

I could have been anyone.

Anyone got any comments about this?

Captain Croker?

She was a journalist, Nigel, a journalist.

You know perfectly well how worried people are about security.

This is amateur hour, folks.

This is a...

Public relations nightmare.

This is how it's going to play.

If anybody has plans for this evening, cancel them.

Nobody is leaving until we get to the bottom of this.

By tomorrow morning, I need a statement for the board and the press.

I need to know exactly who to blame.

Nigel, would you like to start the ball rolling?

After all, it is your delightful face we can all see beaming out at us from this

paper.

I, um... I think that if there are jobs on the line, I would like to have my

union rep here.

Right.

You have an hour.

And then I want answers.

Thanks, Adam. Bye -bye. I'm really sorry.

Bye. Bye.

Thanks. Bye -bye. Bye -bye, sir.

What was that?

Don't take my name.

Now what do you think you're doing?

Do you really expect us to handle our own death warrants?

I'll take those.

Fresh against gold, sir. You don't want us to get the stack.

Pretend I didn't hear that.

God, I really have to stink.

It's no good.

Tim's incommunicado, sir, Steve.

How is this my problem?

Listen, mate, you are in the shit just as much as I am.

What? You shouldn't have left the flight deck until cover had come.

But you told me to leave. I'm supposed to obey my commander. You're supposed to

obey procedure, and procedure states do not leave the flight deck without cover.

If I'm going to swing for this, so are you.

You are unbelievable. And arguing about it isn't going to make it any better.

Will?

Look, I know this isn't exactly kosher, but, um... Could we have a word?

In private.

The naked captain?

Your union.

You know the score with this sort of thing.

Tell me honestly, how do you rate my chances?

Well, from what I hear, not very good.

The airline are going to be looking for a gape goat to appease the press.

So, I'm going to get fired?

Well, if you don't inform the crew while alone in the flight deck and take the

chance to invite a woman on then, yes, I'd say it's a dead cert.

Janice will go mad.

Never shit on your own doorstep.

Janice was on board?

Yeah, yeah, she was per se.

Purser, of course.

Interesting.

Why?

Well, let's just say your chances are pretty much non -existent if you fail to

call the crew onto the flight deck.

But, Captain, if you did press the call bell expecting the purser to come and

she didn't, well, let's say you have the right to be very...

Oh, single mother hell, there must be somewhere else.

I'm afraid we're expecting some turbulence on our flight today. Nothing

about. But the button has turned on the seatbelt sign.

We do have changing facilities in the toilets, madam.

Is the seatbelt thing on?

Is she talking about changing?

There really is the most appalling smell.

Um, that might not be the baby, madam.

Well, what in God's name is it, then?

Take that, so I can put on a new one. I can't.

What? Health and safety. I have to serve food and drink to get the passengers.

Fine.

Put it in the bin myself.

Hello, Tim.

Madam, the seatbelt sign's on. If you stand, you do so at your own risk, and

accident will not be covered by our insurance.

What am I supposed to do with it, then?

Put it in the bloody seat pocket?

God, no!

I'm afraid you'll have to hold on to it until the seatbelt sign's switched off.

Take the sodding thing.

It's only a bit of baby poo. It's not going to kill you. It's not my job.

Well, is it?

Perhaps if you changed it before you got on.

You're saying this is my fault?

No.

You snotty cow. Do your job. I know my rights.

You damn puppy. Bitch.

Right,

here's the story.

I pushed the bell. You saw me do it as you were leaving the flight deck.

The purser failed to answer it.

Basically, it's the person's fault.

But the person was Janice. Yeah.

You dump on your own woman. I'll see she's all right.

It's either her or me, and basically we need my salary more.

I'm not going to stitch her up.

Can you afford to lose your job?

I mean, Christ, the whole airline knows you're in debt. How much money do you

owe?

None of your business. What, 20 grand?

30 grand? 40?

Think about it, Dan.

You saw me push the call bell.

And we're both in the clear.

So you're saying you rang the call bell as Captain Peterson was leaving the

flight deck? Of course.

And Dan can confirm that.

Maybe it was a faulty bell.

Our engineers have checked it. First thing they did, the bell is working

perfectly. It says you sent these journalists champagne, Nigel. I told

said they were from Emirates. And with all these job cuts, you never know where

you're going to meet your friends.

I was networking.

I had no idea she was going to come barging onto the flight deck.

She could hardly barge. You would have to have opened the door to let her in.

Yes, and when I heard the buzzer, I presumed it was crew cover.

I couldn't very well get up and take a look. I mean, I was on my own.

A position he should never have been left in. Yes, thank you, William.

The important thing is that I rang the buzzer, and no one came.

Do you concur, Captain Peterson?

Can you confirm Captain Croker's account of events?

Pretty much, yeah.

I think we used meth there, like,

ever again.

I'm very sorry to hear it.

That woman should have been arrested. She assaulted me.

She's a young mother on her own.

If she'd been a bit more understanding, she might have reacted that way.

You'd have backed me up if I was one of your buddies from fresh.

Rubbish.

You should be able to handle these situations. It's your job. That smell.

It's still here.

If it's not the feet and it wasn't the baby, well, then what is it?

I'll phone for an engineer.

There might be a leak.

Another hour late.

What are you doing?

A little technical problem.

Oh, my God, what is that smell?

That is what we're trying to find out. It's been like this all day.

Well, who was that there to make that... Oh, no.

What?

I think it might be Brittany.

Brittany. Well, you know the unmin, little Joey?

Well, he had this dead bird and he wanted to bury it in the air vent so

could fly in the sky forever.

You let a child put a dead bird in the heating vent?

I was going to keep it out after we landed, but then I had to take him out

and... I forgot.

I'm really sorry.

Do you think it's funny?

Sorry, no, no, no, it's not.

I've had the day from hell.

I've been assaulted and complained about and criticised. I want her reported.

Rachel. I mean it. Give me one of those bloody complaint forms. Look, crew do

not report on crew.

You mean fresh don't report on fresh.

You've been encouraging Passenger to complain about Lorna and me all day.

Look, Rachel, I'm really, really sorry.

You know what?

I've fucked a lot of you.

Oh, right.

Rachel.

I'll get them cotton.

Listen you two, heads are definitely going to roll in this one. So?

So you two better get your story straight.

What do you mean we haven't done anything?

What went on in there with flight deck?

Croker says he pressed the call button.

Now you two sure you didn't hear anything?

Yeah. I mean, I didn't.

When was it? I mean the only time we wouldn't have heard anything was when...

Yes?

The argument.

What argument?

Poppy found out I was thinking of leaving.

Right?

To become a pilot.

And you think they'll let you fly planes after being so publicly busted for such

a major security breach like this? We haven't done anything.

There was no bell.

How the hell do you know you were too busy screaming at your girlfriend?

She's not my girlfriend.

Tell them you heard the bell.

What?

You were in the rear galley. Janice was up front. You naturally assumed that she

responded. She was the purser, wasn't she?

If we say we heard the bell, then we'll completely hit it to Janice up. No.

See, I'll brief her.

She thought you responded. You thought she did. They can't pin the blame on

anybody. Therefore, they cannot sack anybody.

Want to be a pilot?

Trust me.

You're saying you definitely heard the call, Bill? Yeah.

They were at the rear. Janice was nearest.

They assumed she would deal with it.

You agree, Marco?

Whatever. Excuse me, I didn't quite catch that.

Did you hear the call bell?

Yes.

I heard it.

I'm a professional.

I've worked for this company for 15 years. I can hear him respond to a call

my sleep.

I would never, ever miss a call from the flight deck. Janice.

Maybe there was some sort of technical fault, something like that. The

report says everything was in perfect working order.

Nigel says he made the call.

Dan Peterson witnessed that.

And both your juniors say they heard it but thought you were dealing.

Everybody heard it but you.

I don't understand.

You do realize how serious this is.

What do you mean?

I'm afraid I'm going to have to suspend you pending a full inquiry.

Aren't you going to help me out here?

Breach of safety regulations on this scale, there's not a lot anyone can do.

I'm afraid you have probably flown your last flight for questions.

We'll need to release a statement to the press first thing.

What thing? It was my fault.

But no other airline will give me a job.

I'm sorry.

Now I need to ask for your ID, your company credit card, and your lock key.

It has a non -sweet bath, not just a shower. Yes, madam.

And breakfast included?

Okay, I'll take it.

Just for one night.

Where's Rachel?

She didn't come back with us.

Why? She had a pretty rough day.

Yeah, she was in a bit of a state when we landed.

Straight to voicemail.

And you just let her go? I don't think she really wanted to be with us.

I better look for her.

I'll come with.

It's kind of my fault anyway.

Thank God.

I'm fine on my own.

Well, we're here now.

Yes, aren't we?

Rachel, I'm really, really sorry.

Please, come home.

To that shit heap where my milk and my moisturiser get stolen and there's

cockroaches in the cupboards and no hot water ever and everything's filthy and

noisy. I can't take it anymore.

Why don't we all have a drink and talk about it? What do you want, Leanne?

She stays, I go.

Choose Dan, because you can't have us both.

She drove me here, that's all.

She was worried about you.

I do not need the two of you here nannying me and patronising me.

Just please, go.

Yeah, OK.

Sorry. Thanks for the lift.

What is this about?

Hey, you're not thinking of staying here. How can you afford it?

Just one night.

I have to have one night with clean towels.

I hate lying. I feel like shit.

Look, everything's going to be fine.

Janice will talk way out of trouble better than any of us can.

Exactly.

Who the fuck can that be this hour?

Come on, Shabik.

We're here for the party.

There's no party.

Ding dong, the witch is dead.

Nice one, Will. No, no, no, no, no. You can't come in. You see, we've all got

early shifts in the morning.

Wendy Will O 'Brien has turned down a party.

We've got a booze, coke, twiglets somewhere.

What the hell's going on?

Old Steelball's got the boot.

Janice got fired. Didn't you hear?

She's been suspended.

Ignored a call from the flight deck. The technical report proved it. She's so

history. Yeah.

You said she'd be okay.

You lied to me.

You vindictive, two -faced little shit.

You were jealous because I loved her and not you.

And now you've destroyed her.

You can't have me to no one, Canada. Is that what this is?

No. She lived for her job. It's all she had.

Someone's life's just been ruined and you're having a party.

You disgust me. The lot of you.

Where are you going?

Pick up the pizza.

Janice, let me in. I need to talk to you.

Go away.

I'll stay here all night if I have to.

You sold me out.

Everyone did.

Will said we'd all get off. I'd never have done it otherwise.

I'll go in tomorrow and I'll tell Stella the truth.

Too late, Marco.

We're all over the papers. No one will give me a job anywhere.

I made a mistake.

Please, just let me in so I can say sorry.

I am so sorry.

How long has it been going on?

Since he started fresh, I think.

I did try to warn you.

Does he love her?

Why?

She's practically as old as my mum.

Who knows why people love people?

You'll be all right till I get back.

Where are you going?

I'm going to sort this so that I may never see him again.

I think I've been being too clever for no good this time.

This is not what I went into flying for. I know. I've just been a shock for all

of us.

That redundancy money is still on the table.

Maybe I should just take it and get out. Make a fresh start.

If that's what you want.

What do you want?

It's your life, Rach.

But you and me?

It doesn't depend on the job.

Yeah, it does.

You know it does. Things never work out between people that fly and people that

don't.

Leave it.

It might be important.

Dan Peterson.

Will? What is it?

What, now?

You want me to turn around now and tell Stella that I lied? All they have to do

is check the little black box. If there's a formal inquiry, they're bound

Look, if all this happened before descent, then it could all still be on

I don't know why Janice didn't ask herself.

I cannot afford to lose this job. I'm in shit. My girlfriend's in shit.

Money problems like you would not believe.

If they find out you lied about the call, you'll lose the job for sure.

At least if you own up now, you can throw yourself on our mercy.

Dan, I'm going to tell her everything I know.

You're going to have to do the same.

This had better be good, getting me out of bed at this hour.

I didn't realize that Janet's deal would lose her job.

Well, somebody had to. It shouldn't be her.

If anyone's to blame, it's me and Nigel.

I didn't see him make the call.

I left the flight deck before he did it. Call of nature.

It's a very good idea, that.

It's against human rights, keeping people cooped up for long periods of

without relief. I said what I said because I was frightened about losing my

with all this talk of redundancy.

I never meant it to cost anyone else's.

I'm sorry.

Well, thank you for telling the truth.

Eventually.

I'll be in touch after I've spoken with Captain Croker.

For now, go home.

Get some rest.

Captain Croker.

Yes, I know what time it is.

I'm afraid we have to speak again.

Yes, now.

Although I have been thinking about leaving.

A letter coming this morning.

I know.

I think it's time to move on and grow up.

Now.

Don't.

I have a day for you.

If I thought we could be together.

You don't have to say the word.

I do love you, Malcolm.

Like I always have.

Ever since that first time.

I knew it.

And I believe that you love me.

I do.

But it's not enough.

You and me, we're not forever.

But perhaps piloting is.

I mean, maybe that's what you've been put on this earth to do.

Don't let me stop you from following your dream because you'd only resent me.

I'd bear that.

I'd much rather it ended this way.

We remember each other like this.

Okay.

How long has that been going on for?

What?

Who are you kicking in?

Well, I'm out there sacrificing my career for you. You're fucking some

kid.

I mean, how could you... Nigel.

This whole mess is your fault.

You were trying to have a quickie with some tart little journalist behind my

back.

You never made a call.

You lied.

And you'd let me take the rap.

That's not true. Spare me the bullshit, please.

You and Will set me up.

Mark had told me the whole story.

Oh, what, and you'd rather believe that schoolboy than me?

Well, lying's what you do.

I only put up with it all these years because I thought it was better than

on my own.

But you know what? It isn't.

I'd rather spend the rest of my life alone than put up with one more piece of

bullshit from you.

Pack your bags and get out.

I've got nowhere to live.

Not my problem.

It's over.

Hey.

Jan's got a job back.

and spoke to Stella, he straightened things out.

Right.

So you took the redundancy then?

Time to move on?

Good decision.

Proud of you.

Look, Marco, I'm sorry for what I did.

I'm sorry for what I said.

Sorry for being selfish.

and weak and jealous.

All those things you said, Jim. All right, stop.

Stop, Christ.

I'm going to miss you.

Yeah, me too.

What, you're sorry or are you going to miss me?

Both.

Come here.

Have I ever seen you again?

No.

You're not that lucky.

I heard a taxi outside.

Yeah.

Didn't even say goodbye.

Now it's time for me to get on top of the world.

The world is mine.

And I'm feeling.