Daughter Kelly also fell in love with flying at the age of 14 and followed in her mother’s footsteps.
In a dream come true moment, a mother and daughter duo piloted a Southwest airline together and pictures of the touching moment have gone viral on social media. Captain Holly Pettit and First Officer Keely Pettit are the first pair of mother-daughter pilots of Southwest Airlines, according to a release. Southwest, The airline has posted about him on its social media handle. Holly and Keeley flew together on Flight 3658 from Denver to St. Louis on July 23.
The moment Captain Holly introduced his daughter to the passengers on the flight was caught on camera and broadcast good Morning America on Tuesday.
The video begins with the two holding an old photo in a frame inside the flight, while the text super reads, “POV: You become the first mother-daughter duo in Southwest.”
“Today is a special day for me. I want to introduce you to your first officer, a new member of the Southwest team of pilots, and my daughter, Keely,” Captain Holly said in the video. People.
Later, in a statement, she said, “It’s like a dream come true. First, I got this career and I fell in love with it, and then one of my kids fell in and fell in love with this career. It’s real.”
According to New York Post, Captain Holly began his aviation career as a flight attendant right after dropping out of college. In due time, she realized that she wanted to become a pilot. When Kelly was just two years old, she took flying lessons. She has two more children, but family pressure doesn’t stop Captain Holly from pursuing her dream.
She has been in the job for 18 years, and is now joined by her daughter.
Kelly also fell in love with flying at the age of 14 and followed in her mother’s footsteps. After earning his pilot’s license, he got an internship with Southwest Airlines in 2017 and after that there has been no looking back.
“Southwest was always the end goal for me. There really was no other option,” she was told by People.
In the video now going viral, both mother and daughter are seen carrying their belongings and wearing the same pilot’s uniform. Both are also seen together in the cockpit. They are seen shaking each other’s hands as the clip ends.
Since being shared, the video has garnered over 2.79 lakh likes and over 24,000 likes so far. Users were surprised by the achievement of the daughter and made beautiful comments in the comment section of the post.
One user wrote, “Wahoo!! We should be getting another father/daughter pairing here in a few years! Our daughter completes her first year in the 225 program,” while another wrote, “Wow! I’m hers. Would have liked to be a traveler.”
A third user commented, “Congratulations Keely/Keely’s mother, way to go.”