Basically, it is that they should offer an optional 'affable companion' option on their flights, under which you would pay a sum of money to be sat next to an actor, who would then play an 'affable plane companion' type role and regale you with small talk and/or tales from their colourful life throughout the flight. So far I have come up with the following basic character types:

- alcoholic aristocrat
- uptight, virginal woman detective
- war-scarred soldier who "saw god and spat in his face" in [insert war here]
- high-stakes gambler (who will actually gamble with you ON THE PLANE!)
- retired secret agent
- embittered former post-independence president of African country

So, what do you all think? Should I patent it before all the big plane companies go hounding me and such?

Oh and also if you pay more the character will follow you off the plane and have adventures with you in your destination and such.