Passengers on an Aer Lingus Airbus A330 from Dublin to New York were serenaded by traditional Irish folk music. A lovely gesture or an annoying one?
Irish Folk Music Concert…Onboard Aer Lingus Flight
While View From The Wing says that passengers were “forced to endure” a violin concert, I prefer to put a positive spin on it and say that passenger were blessed by a violin concert…heck, a huge smile came across my face as I watched it.
Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to JFK yesterday. I mean, I understand it’s done from a good place, but also feel like you don’t play music (or much worse, sing) in an enclosed space there’s no escape from pic.twitter.com/UlqmHAqj03
— Adam Singer (@AdamSinger) March 12, 2023
And based on the video, it appeared this took place after the plane touched down in New York while passengers were waiting for the aircraft doors to be re-opened. In that sense, this is not quite like forcing passengers to endure a concert in the middle of a flight, a la Southwest Airlines:
Imagine getting serenaded at 30,000 feet by a professional violinist 😍 pic.twitter.com/RlszyWTzXJ
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) March 2, 2023
(and admittedly, I like this too)
I’ve had this dream for years of taking my son Augustine on a trip to the west of Ireland one day and driving from pub to pub, as I did many years ago in what was an incredible trip to Ireland. There, I hope to sing, “Lord of the Dance” in some pub as a band plays and joins in on the chorus.
But don’t worry: you’ll never catch me singing out loud on an airplane.
CONCLUSION
It seems there is nothing but good intentions behind this spontaneous musical performance onboard Aer Lingus. The fact that it appeared to happened after landing makes me supportive of it (versus at 40,000 feet). Then again, I’m not sure I’d have a similar reaction to a spontaneous rap or hip hop performance, even with the same good intentions…
image: @AdamSinger / Twitter
Does anyone know how the Polaris lounge access works for overnight connections?
I’m flying DEN-LAX tonight, getting into LAX at 9pm, and then have an overnight layover and fly LAX-NRT tomorrow morning. It is all booked as one connecting flight though on the same reservation. Do I have access to the Polaris lounge when I land tonight to go get a burger, or can I not get in until tomorrow? Feel like if I scan the DEN-LAX boarding pass it would let me in since it’s has a Polaris flight next on the itinerary but let me know if I’m wrong.
Thanks!
No access. Same-day access only.
If this was indeed done after landing in NY, that’s OK. I am assuming it was once the seat belt signs were off so not bad. Now, if this was during flight, NO WAY!!!! I don’t want to get annoyed during the flight by anything so leave me alone.
Nothing should be shocking on an airline named after eating p#ssy.
Dave Edwards – the real shocking thing about your post is the vulgarness of your reply.
Very annoying, you shouldn’t ve celebrating this violin concerto, it’s not what I buy a ticket for, I can see that you are a novice Flyer or was a slow day for you
You’re right. Totally novice.
The problem is it’s a slippery slope…can we all just blast any music we want once the plane lands?
No, but I think we can make an exception for those who bring musical instruments and want to play.
So what’s worse Matthew – passengers watching videos or listening to their music without headphones, or some Irish music after landing?
It beats some blow-hard talking on his cell phone at 40,000 feet which you heartily support.
Okay. Matthew’s Lord of the Dance. So that would be a clogger blogger? Let’s live blog that; ; )
This is pleasant but it opens the door to other people who may be less talented using airplanes as captive performance venues. Respect etiquette.