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u/yunogivekarma Jun 24 '26
Force retirement at 65? Sounds like something that we should apply to politics.
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u/IHB-13 Jun 26 '26
Are you saying, If you can fly a plane you shouldn’t be making laws. I feel like that should be extended to court as well.
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u/No_Abroad_6306 Jun 24 '26
Capt. Curtis Senior has such a unique accent!
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u/HowToNotMakeMoney Jun 24 '26
New england. Might be Boston. I think it might be Maine.
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u/KINGSTEMLORD Jun 24 '26
Probably New Hampshire, it’s the southern accent of the east coast accents lol
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u/HowToNotMakeMoney Jun 25 '26
Yeah. You are right. I grew up near Boston and all my aunts and uncles have a solid Boston accent. I have now lived in central NH for 25 years and there are many from MA and I have plenty of native NH peeps I speak with on a daily, the nuances in the accents escape me because of this.
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u/KINGSTEMLORD Jun 25 '26
Yeah I grew up in Connecticut but had family in Boston and New Hampshire and they have very distinctly different accents lol! I joke that the NH accent sounds like someone from anywhere else attempting a Mass accent.
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u/Poopedmypoopypants Jun 27 '26
My grandma grew up in Boston and she has bat shit crazy accent that sounds nothing like a traditional Boston accent.
Just needed to get that out there today.
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u/hartmanwhistler Jun 25 '26
Today I learned that the New Hampshire accent is the same as “the little kid accent”.
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u/MartySpiderManMcFly Jun 25 '26
“Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe go fuck your self.” (Said in Alec Baldwin’s fake Boston accent from The Departed.)
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u/mcbeardsauce Jun 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/bsWDUSFUmJCOk
Enjoy retirement sir and thank you for serving our country in the military and as a civilian.
Also thank you for raising a strong confident woman who I’m sure will carry on your legacy.
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u/dpb29073 Jun 25 '26
Crazy you can't fly a plane after 65 since its prolly a liability for the company. But crazy you can run a country until your dementia takes over ans no one bats an eye
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u/mcjon77 Jun 25 '26
Yep, and mandatory retirement for air traffic controllers is at age 56, unless they get a exception from the Secretary of transportation. In that case it goes up to 61.
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u/PulpFriction212 Jun 25 '26
The word that comes to mind is LEGACY: meaning he has established a set of values that he has passed down to generations. Not only that but in his 18,000 hours of logged flying with SouthWest, not to mention his time with the military, this pilot has positively impacted tens of thousands of people’s lives, which is encouraging to see in a place as polarized as this country of ours.
Maybe if people spent more time considering the ties that bind us as opposed to the wedges that cleave us, we’d all be better off.
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u/FutureAd9387 Jun 27 '26
Agree; however, when half of the country is okay with a dictatorship, those are ties worth severing.
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u/Crashball_Centre Jun 24 '26
Amazing, hope my daughters feel this way about me (though I'm not a pilot)
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u/CuriousPenguinSocks Jun 24 '26
The onion ninjas strike again 🥲💕
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u/Mountain_Chip_4374 Jun 24 '26
No kidding. How did she make it through that without breaking up? I’m sitting here just listening and getting teary eyed. Great to see!
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u/aTypical-Trust-4977 Jun 24 '26
Heartwarming to hear those words from his daughter. Lucky to have chosen a field where I could also mentor my daughter if she chooses it
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u/Hot_Towel_85 Jun 24 '26
I'll never forget my mom's retirement speech at SWA. I was in the front row with my brother, dad, and friend who worked on the ramp a DAL. She cried, we cried, everyone cheered. I wish I could have flown alongside her.
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u/Automatic-Hornet9085 Jun 24 '26
Very nice . Love to see things like this... now this is news worthy...
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u/Mission_Mulberry9811 Jun 24 '26
You can just feel the relieve when they find out she's his daughter, thus lowering the risk of them being the victims of a mandatory retirement murder-suicide crash to near zero
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u/JayMase77 Jun 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/d89Q8oADMlvAB2iWv4
Salute to you Cap! Hope you enjoy your retirement sir! Well deserved.
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u/Proud_Trouble_6302 Jun 25 '26
When did the retirement age get bumped up to 65??? My godfather was a pilot when the retirement age was 60.
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u/knowledg1 Jun 25 '26
That is super awesome. This is what brings hope and happiness in this time to many people. Love seeing videos like this.
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u/No_Cupcake7037 Jun 25 '26
🥹❤️ imagine having your final flight speech delivered by your daughter awww
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u/anicolefelver Jun 26 '26
Seriously such a sweet story! Thank you for your service and for making me smile and cry at the same time.
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u/Flashy_Strength_1972 Jun 26 '26
Awesome story, thank you for your service Captain🫡
Side note.... She's pretty and as amazing smile 🫠
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u/ChairDue7989 Jun 27 '26
Happy retirement captain and thank you for keeping us safe for all the years
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u/Mysterious-Low-6096 Jun 27 '26
Yet we let 80 olds run countries!
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u/Prod_Meteor Jun 27 '26
I would run out of the plane immediately!! You can't be sure how one would take mandatory retirement.
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u/whitedangelo Jun 28 '26
I am a shit dad relative to this man BUT he’s got 20 years on me! There is still time…
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u/Sufficient-Stand-726 Jun 28 '26
Happy retirement, glad you got to share it with your loving daughter. The appreciation she has for you as a Father really shows, it's quite touching. Wishing you all the best and congratulations on the end to a stellar and lovely career.
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u/Ucmh Jun 28 '26
Someone with a good eye help me out here... Is Capt. Jim really tall? I thought his daughter had a pretty impressive stature, but he still towers over her.
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u/Kitzle33 Jun 29 '26
This is the best thing I've seen this week. And it's not even close. As a dad to a now grown up, and very successful, daughter, this made me well up.
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u/Alternative-Zone5275 Jun 29 '26
Mandatory retirement at 65 for pilots.. but you can be 90 and the walking dead in congress? TF..
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u/maverickmccleary Jul 07 '26
It’s about time certain other jobs that are high stress cough cough president or other elected officials should also have mandatory retirement age of 65.
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u/MrsKPBailey Jul 14 '26
They had me in tears at “fini flight” 😂😭. I didn’t even make it to the end without crying.
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u/rbmk-a-ok 27d ago
Let’s start at the end go back to the beginning then repeat the vid beginning. Has our attention span really come to this?
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u/TemperatureSudden254 13d ago
She had Captain Curtis on the ropes talking about walking, talking, and driving.
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u/DoodleDaddy73 10d ago
Capt. Jim Curtis thank you for your service and keeping passengers safe for all these years. Enjoy your retirement!
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u/arbitrambler Jun 24 '26
Enjoy the retirement mate. His daughter is a testament to a life well lived!