He hitched a ride with Southwest Airlines in Fort Lauderdale. He rode alongside his son who was a first officer. And this was the coolest part. It went online viral. They basically Southwest gave him the send off that he deserved. Southwest put it up on their social media. It went to well over a hundred Thousand people that responded to it very quickly. They showed him in the cockpit with his son. (29:50–29:55)
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Asserts that Southwest Airlines gave the retiring Spirit Airlines pilot a proper sendoff.
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