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alert-–-where-are-the-stars-from-airline-now?-from-tiktok-superstardom-to-stalker-scandal…-17-years-after-the-iconic-easyjet-show-endedAlert – Where are the stars from Airline now? From TikTok superstardom to stalker scandal… 17 years after the iconic Easyjet show ended

Fly on the wall series Airline documented the goings on at one of Britain’s newest budget airlines Easyjet.

The now iconic show, which first aired in 1998, followed staff and often disgruntled passengers in both Luton and Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport. 

Many of the team became well known to viewers at home including no nonsense Jane Boulton and cool as a cucumber Leo Jones.

But 17 years after ITV axed the show, many of the team lead very different lives away from the airport.

Here are where the stars are now…

Fly on the wall series Airline documented the goings on at one of Britain's newest budget airlines Easyjet (Katrina Leeder, L, and Jane Boulton, R, pictured in 2000)

Fly on the wall series Airline documented the goings on at one of Britain’s newest budget airlines Easyjet (Katrina Leeder, L, and Jane Boulton, R, pictured in 2000)

Many of the team became well known to viewers at home including no nonsense Jane Boulton and cool as a cucumber Leo Jones (pictured in 2002) here is where they are now....

Many of the team became well known to viewers at home including no nonsense Jane Boulton and cool as a cucumber Leo Jones (pictured in 2002) here is where they are now….

Jane Boulton

Jane, now 52, worked as a supervisor in the airport but has revealed she believes the show incorrectly portrayed her as a ‘cow’. 

Now a married mother-of-three living in South London, she famously had to put up with some very angry passengers. 

And while she was able to handle those people with some pretty sassy comebacks she has said there was more to her than how she appeared on the show. 

She told the Metro: ‘They made me look like such a cow.

‘A lot of those passengers I was with for hours, and they will cut it down to 30 seconds. Viewers often didn’t get to see how much I helped people.

‘I’m very empathetic and sympathetic – that was rarely shown. It feels like an unfair portrayal of who I really am.’

Some of her best moments include when she spotted an unattended bag at check-in. 

Jane, now 52, worked as a supervisor in the airport but has revealed she believes the show incorrectly portrayed her as a 'cow' (pictured in 2018)

Pictured in 2000

Jane, now 52, worked as a supervisor in the airport but has revealed she believes the show incorrectly portrayed her as a ‘cow’ (L, pictured in 2018) 

Jane has now gone viral on TikTok with clips of her witty comebacks, boasting a whopping 54,000 followers

Jane has now gone viral on TikTok with clips of her witty comebacks, boasting a whopping 54,000 followers

She no longer works in the airline industry and quit the business in 2014. She now runs her own company called Party Paradise UK (Pictured on This Morning in 2023)

She no longer works in the airline industry and quit the business in 2014. She now runs her own company called Party Paradise UK (Pictured on This Morning in 2023)

‘Unattended luggage again,’ she said. ‘They will be shocked when they come back and it’s gone,’ before giving an evil laugh. 

Talking about an unsteady passenger, she said: ‘Well he must be drunk. He’s wet himself and everything. Good grief. I have to go wash my hands.’ 

Jane has now gone viral on TikTok with throwback clips of her witty comebacks, boasting a whopping 54,000 followers.

She no longer works in the airline industry and quit the business in 2014. She now runs her own company called Party Paradise UK. 

Leo Jones

Leo’s baby face won fans across the country however in 2022 the 42-year was handed a five-year restraining order after being found guilty of stalking GB News presenter Ellie Costello. 

Across a 16-month campaign of harassment, Leo even turned up at the TV studio where Ellie worked after first meeting him during a live interview. 

He pleased pleaded guilty at St Albans Magistrates’ Court to causing the presenter serious alarm, distress and mental anguish and was given a 26-week custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and a five-year restraining order.

Leo's baby face won fans across the country however in 2022 the 42-year was handed a five-year restraining order after being found guilty of stalking GB News presenter Ellie Costello (pictured outside court)

Pictured in 2002

Leo’s baby face won fans across the country however in 2022 the 42-year was handed a five-year restraining order after being found guilty of stalking GB News presenter Ellie Costello (L, pictured outside court

Across a 16-month campaign of harassment, Leo even turned up at the TV studio where Ellie works after first meeting him during a live interview

Across a 16-month campaign of harassment, Leo even turned up at the TV studio where Ellie works after first meeting him during a live interview

He pleased pleaded guilty at St Albans Magistrates' Court to causing the presenter serious alarm, distress and mental anguish and was given a 26-week custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and a five-year restraining order (Ellie pictured)

He pleased pleaded guilty at St Albans Magistrates’ Court to causing the presenter serious alarm, distress and mental anguish and was given a 26-week custodial sentence, suspended for two years, and a five-year restraining order (Ellie pictured) 

Leo presented himself as a ‘travel expert’, analysing the industry under Covid-19 travel restrictions and was first interviewed by Ellie on GB News in August 2021.

Following the broadcast the pair exchanged messages thanking one another but nothing further.

He was interviewed by her again in October that year, after which he suggested they should present a travel show together before later telling her: ‘I love seeing you in the morning X’

When she didn’t respond he followed up with ‘you take my breath away’ and then, over the next three days ‘You motivate me beyond words’, ‘I love seeing you’, and ‘You are my sunshine I love you’.

When Leo then asked: ‘How long do I have to wait to see you it is driving me insane,’ Ellie finally replied, telling him: ‘Please stop messaging me it is beyond inappropriate.’

But the court heard the messages only stopped for three months before Leo, using a separate Instagram account, says: ‘I know I’m not supposed to message you but thank you for everything you do for the travel industry,’ followed by ‘No one will ever come close to you’.

Katrina Leeder

Katrina worked at Luton Airport’s check in desk and viewers followed her life in and outside the work place.

Katrina worked on Luton Airport's check in desk and viewers followed her life in and outside the work place

Pictured in 2000

Katrina worked on Luton Airport’s check in desk and viewers followed her life in and outside the work place 

During 2018 This Morning reunion to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary Katrina (L) revealed she had been diagnosed with the cancer seven times.

During 2018 This Morning reunion to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary Katrina (L) revealed she had been diagnosed with the cancer seven times.

She has since split from her husband and raises two daughters as a single mother

She has since split from her husband and raises two daughters as a single mother

As well as preprations to wed fiancé Julian she also documented her battle with cancer which saw the then 22-year-old have eight organs removed. 

During a 2018 This Morning reunion to celebrate the show’s 20th anniversary Katrina revealed she had been diagnosed with the disease seven times. 

Saying: ‘So I left Easyjet and I actually left and had cancer again but I didn’t tell anybody I kept it very quiet, I lived a very private life. Unfortunately over all those years I’ve now had it seven times and lost seven organs, but I’m still here.

‘I live each day. Every day is very precious for me, very important. I live each day as it comes and grasp what I can. Every day I’m here I bless those two girls and I’ve got more time with them.’

She has since split from her husband and raises two daughters as a single mother.

Katrina now works as a DJ for Travel Radio and regularly promotes her show on social media.  

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