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An airplane pilot felt for his hungry passengers, so he bought them pizza. The pilot, Gerhard Bradner, works for the USA-based Frontier Airlines. His from Washington D.C. to Denver was delayed. He felt hungry and thought he would get a pizza from a Domino's Pizza restaurant near the . Then he thought his 157 passengers would also be hungry, so he ordered 50 family- pizzas. He paid out of his own , but the owner of the said he would give Mr Bradner the money for the pizzas. He announced on board: "Ladies and gentleman, Frontier Airlines is known for being one of the airlines in the US, but your captain is not cheap. I just ordered pizza for the plane."

Mr Bradner said his airline is like a family and his passengers are part of that family. That is why he wanted to buy pizza. He also told reporters that he knows other pilots who have bought for passengers. Frontier Airlines said in a : "Yes, the pilot did buy pizza for the passengers. It is to note that this isn't the first time one of our pilots has gone above and to provide care for our customers." Bradner even got off the plane and went to meet the pizza delivery at the security area and helped carry the pizzas back to the . The manager of the Domino's Pizza said he was surprised when he took the and the caller told him: "I need to feed my plane."

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