Guitarist extrordinaire, Steve Morse (from U.S.), was as a commercial passenger airline pilot for a while there.
He sometimes opens with and introduces himself (and band) at the start of his own brand shows with..
'Hi, I'm Steve Morse, and I will be your guitarist for this evening...'
boom boom! cracks me up everytime
Steve has been in (aging) Deep Purple for 12yrs!!! these days