yet again she was over the moon , and as a founder member of mr michaels happy band she found that she had some rather nice perks , like looking after him when he went off in the grumman at short notice , and she had been the first one to take up el jefs ( the bosss ) offer of free flying lessons for anyone working for him when that nice teddy bear joined them , and she quite often got some quality stick time on these trips as well .