Who'd have thought the collapse of the XL holiday company would have a rock n roll angle.
But yes, Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson came to the rescue this weekend after British holiday-makers found themselves stranded in Egypt after their flights home were cancelled as a result of XL's demise. As we've surely mentioned before, Dickinson is a pilot in his spare time, and he was hired by Monarch Airlines to fly a specially-chartered jet to get the stranded tourists back from Sharm el Sheikh to Gatwick Airport.
Confirming that he piloted the flight, he told Sky: "I think they were relieved they were going home and finally that something defnite was happening. It 's obviously very stressful being stuck in a foreign country and not knowing 100 percent what's going on. It's probably even difficult even for reps of the company to find out 100 percent what's going on".
Tomorrow I look forward to reporting on how Bono rescued the collapsing Lehman Brothers bank.