Hour -1

"Just got my replacement First Officer. It's Mitch Grassi."
"You don't sound thrilled."
"It'll be fine. Just...I've met him at a few of the company mixers and" Scott cleared his throat, heat on his cheeks "He has been...aggressively flirtatious, in the past. That's going to be fun to manage."
"You know you could just go for it." Matt tone turned teasing, Scott could picture his sly smile as clearly as if Scott were standing in front of him.

The flight from London to New York is the first chance Scott has to get to know American Air's most surprising First Officer. It goes better than he expected.