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Pilot Swaps Shifts to Lead School Group Flight to Reykjavik

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Pilot Marnie Munns captained a Jet2 Airbus A321neo from Stansted to Reykjavik with her daughter and a school group.
She swapped a shift so she could be in the cockpit for the Monday flight.
The flight carried about 30 students and teachers from Framlingham College in Suffolk.
Munns planned to surprise geography student Lillian but disclosed the plan at a parents’ evening.

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Pilot Marnie Munns captained a Jet2 Airbus A321neo from Stansted to Reykjavik with her daughter and a school group.
She swapped a shift so she could be in the cockpit for the Monday flight.
The flight carried about 30 students and teachers from Framlingham College in Suffolk.
Munns planned to surprise geography student Lillian but disclosed the plan at a parents’ evening.