A Good News Story, for a change
When Spirit Airlines shutdown, it left a newly retired Spirit pilot in a spot. His retirement flight on Spirit was cancelled so he hitched a ride, with is son who is also a pilot, with Southwest Airlines. His son mentioned to the Southwest pilot that it was his dad's retirement flight and what had happened with Spirit Airlines. What happened next is the good news story.
Capt. Jon Jackson was scheduled to fly one last time for Spirit into Baltimore-Washington International on Saturday when the ultra-low-cost airline ceased operations and went out of business in the dead of night.
Jackson, left stranded by the permanent shutdown, hitched a ride with Southwest Airlines in Fort Lauderdale, riding alongside his son, Chris, who is a first officer, according to CNBC.
“Chris casually mentioned to the flight’s Pilots that this would have been his dad’s retirement flight. They seized the opportunity to change the course of the day for Capt. Jackson,” Southwest wrote on Instagram.
A dispatcher at BWI arranged for firetrucks to greet the plane upon landing, giving Jackson a water cannon salute.
The blue commercial jet passed under the two arching sprays from the airport fire department.
Jackson was showered with applause from a mixture of workers and travelers when he stepped off the plane and into the terminal, according to video shared by Southwest.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/spirit-airlines-pilot-given-emotional-090049619.html
Good for Southwest for doing this.
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