Is this how people use Virgin's inflight messaging system? The funniest messages purporting to be between airline passengers

Clever or creepy? The airline allows passengers to chat to one another and send flirty messages

At 35,000 feet there's no escaping those unwanted attentions

Finally, something else to do instead of sleeping, watching a movie or reading a book!

When you're traveling by plane, sometimes things never quite pan out the way you want them to - that cute guy or girl you saw in the gate area isn't sitting in the empty seat next to you, but several rows behind.

But Virgin America believe they've solved all of those problems with their in-flight chat app - and now one blog has collected humorous examples of what may be going on on the app.

While it is unclear if any of the messages actually took place between passenger using the app, that lets passengers strike up conversations with others on the same flight by selecting their seat number, the results are humorous nonetheless.















Chatty: One passenger tries to charm with a free soda whilst another wants to slum it in economy











Charming: The chat-up lines are no worse than the ones said by millions of us on a drunken night out



Clever: An attempt at role playing in a James Bond-like atmosphere but is it genuine?



'I'm not a betting man, but I say your chance of deplaning with a plus-one are at least 50 percent,' Branson said in the Get Lucky on Virgin America video posted on the airline's Facebook page.

Now some of the more outrageous messages are now circulating online - but are they real or do people suddenly become more confident when they're 35,000ft in the air?

The airline is actively encouraging fliers to join the mile high club, or at least the mile flirt club /



Virgin's website states: 'Treat a travel companion or break the ice by sending a drink, meal, or snack to another seat with our Red™ touch screen entertainment system. Just browse our in-flight menus, select who’s having one on you, make your order, and we’ll deliver it directly to your guest of choice.

After the drink or snack or meal has been delivered in the mile-high flirting system, passengers can then follow up on things. They can, of course, head over for a little chat, but if there is no room or they need to stay in their seat, then they can follow up with a text message.'

The service had been launched to mark the beginning of Virgin America's Los Angeles to Las Vegas service. It is now available on all domestic flights.