....And who can turn down the Beef, together with a nice Pinot Noir from, where else, but New Zealand?

One thing that is common with alll Air New Zealand flights, who can resist the Desert Wine? Willard certainly can't, though it seems unlikely he will make it to a refill!

Ken dissapears for a few minutes, and what does he find? Willard has engaged the help of a fellow passenger to put him in the place he feels he deserves (more of this passenger later!).

Before we know it, the New Zealand coast is upon us, and Willard can see the scenery that has spawned a thousand Hobbits, and far more immigrants, after all, who would not want to wake up to this view every morning?

And so, we spoke of fellow passengers who Willard dragooned into doing his dirty work, we met up with Charlie Dawson, who, as well as being part of Air New Zealand Operations, also writes for the Air New Zealand staff magazine, he was so interested to hear Willard's life story, and his many tales of flying around the globe, that he said he wanted to write an article about him in the magazine. It looks like Willard is becoming a Frequent Flyer celebrity (as well as a VIB!).