Who WOULDN'T be dancing? Man who was the only passenger on Southwest Airlines flight convinces cabin crew to do a Justin Bieber dance challenge with him for TikTok

A man who found himself flying on an otherwise empty Southwest Airlines flight managed to convince the cabin crew to join him for a TikTok dance challenge.

Seth Thomas was flying from Los Angeles to Oakland recently when he boarded a completely empty plane, discovering that he was the only passenger traveling that day.

So he had no trouble getting the flight attendants to have a little fun and dance with him for the #ComeAroundMe challenge.

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Making the most of it! A man who found himself flying on an otherwise empty Southwest Airlines flight managed to convince the cabin crew to join him for a TikTok dance challenge

All to himself: Seth Thomas was flying from Los Angeles to Oakland recently when he boarded a completely empty plane, discovering that he was the only passenger traveling that day

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Joining in! He had no trouble getting the flight attendants to have a little fun and dance with him for the #ComeAroundMe challenge

Seth shared the video on TikTok, showing himself dancing with the three flight attendants to the Justin Bieber song on April 15.

They'd each learned the moves and seemed to be having a blast as they busted them out on camera.

'I bought the ticket that day,' Seth told Storyful. 'When I got there I was informed I would be the only one on the plane.'

He said the crew had 'a blast' with the pre-flight announcement in front of an audience for one and 'were all in' for the dance challenge.

'They were great. They made this trip amazing for me,' he said. 

Seth also got the crew to do the #CatchTheSplashChallenge. 

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A blast: Seth shared the video on TikTok, showing himself dancing with the three flight attendants to the Justin Bieber song on April 15

Joyful: He said the crew had aa blast' with the pre-flight announcement in front of an audience for one and 'were all in' for the dance challenge

Many airlines have been flying nearly empty planes during the pandemic, with the TSA reporting a 96 per cent dip in passenger volume. 

'The evidence suggests that the number of people flying is dropping faster than the flights so there are a lot of empty planes,' Dan Rutherford, aviation director at the International Council on Clean Transportation, told the Guardian.

Rutherford added that it's a 'huge environmental waste.' 

That means Seth hasn't been the only passenger to find himself alone on a plane this month.

Bob Pitts was the sole passenger aboard a Southwest flight from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to St. Louis Missouri last week as he was on his way to his mother's wake. He told NBC that she did not die from coronavirus.

Pitts took video footage of his night-time flight Thursday on an empty aircraft and was given special attention by the flight crew.

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Riding solo: Bob Pitts was the sole passenger aboard a Southwest flight from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, to St. Louis Missouri last week 

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On record: Pitts took video footage of his night-time flight Thursday on an empty aircraft and was given special attention by the flight crew 

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Special attention: 'Hi Bob!' cried out the pilot from the cockpit door to Pitts seated in his aisle seat 

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'Hi Bob!' cried out the pilot from the cockpit door to Pitts seated in his aisle seat.  

A flight then attendant gave the safety check over the public address system, advising Pitts to fasten his seatbelt properly and to put the seat back and tray tables in their most 'uncomfortable' position.

She also asked that he make sure 'all those carry-on items you brought on board are underneath the seat in front of you or in the overhead bin, leaving the area around your feet clear.'

'Thanks for coming along with us,' the flight attendant says. 

'I want to make sure we show you some of this Southwest hospitality. So when you land, you're going to take out that flip phone your grandma bought you for Christmas,' the attendant explained.

'You're going to call her. You're going to tell her, 'This was my best flight ever,' the attendant said 'Welcome aboard, Bob.'