Man secretly boards plane to propose to girlfriend in romantic gesture

13 June 2024 , 08:37

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George, an electrician from Bristol, surprised his girlfriend of ten years (Image: Jet2)

A man has proposed to his girlfriend, a Jet2 crew member, whilst she was working as crew on a flight to Spain.

Love was literally in the air on a Jet2.com flight from Bristol to Menorca, Spain, yesterday, after George West proposed to his girlfriend, a senior cabin crew member, Stephanie Perret, whilst she was working on the flight.

George, an electrician from Bristol, surprised his girlfriend of 10 years — who had thought it was a normal working day looking after customers going away on their holidays with the leading leisure airline. Instead, shortly after take-off, Stephanie found George getting down on one knee and asking her to take his hand in marriage.

Stephanie said: “This is certainly a flight I will never forget. When I saw George, I had to do a double-take and I thought what on earth is he doing on my flight when he’s supposed to be at work! When he knelt down, I couldn’t believe it. I’m really looking forward to getting married.”

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Stephanie was working on the Jet2.com flight when George proposed (Jet2)

Passengers cheered at the proposal (Jet2)

George added: “I know how much Stephanie loves flying so I thought this would be the perfect surprise for her. I cannot tell you how great the Jet2.com team have been in helping me make it happen. We’ll definitely be looking at a Jet2holiday for our honeymoon!”

George had booked himself onto the flight and, with the help of the Jet2.com team, arranged to be seated at the back of the aircraft, away from Stephanie who would be looking after customers at the front of the plane. Shortly after take-off, Jet2.com flight deck colleagues who were in on the surprise, asked Stephanie to come to the flight deck.

Unbeknown to her, Stephanie had been asked into the flight deck so that George could get to the front of the plane and be ready to propose to her. When Stephanie left the flight deck and re-entered the cabin, George was stood there, much to her surprise – before getting down on one knee to propose.

Passengers on the flight cheered and clapped, as Stephanie said ‘I do’ before the two shared an embrace.

Jet2.com had arranged for Stephanie to have time off rather than continuing to work, so the happy couple could sit back and enjoy the moment. The couple then returned on the same plane back to Bristol from Menorca.

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Cyann Fielding