{"id":2352,"date":"2026-06-25T07:38:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2026-06-25T07:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:38:34","slug":"sean-duffy-shares-heartfelt-video-of-air-force-captain-pilot-daughter-passing-baton-on-airline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2352","title":{"rendered":"Sean Duffy Shares Heartfelt Video Of Air Force Captain, Pilot Daughter Passing Baton On Airline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted a video of a former Air Force captain and now Southwest pilot\u2019s final flight with his daughter, recognizing his service both to the airline and to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2350\">Fox Sports\u2019 John Strong Takes Shot At England Mid-Broadcast With Most Patriotic Historical Reference<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video recorded a flight announcement made by First Officer Julia, who announced that the pilot, Captain Jim Curtis, was celebrating his 65th birthday that day. Since 65 marks mandatory retirement for pilots on Southwest Airlines, that flight would be the captain\u2019s \u201cfini flight\u201d or last flight.<\/p>\n<p>Julia then told the passengers about how special this flight was to her personally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really honored to be his first officer today, because Captain Curtis has been a mentor for me my entire life,\u201d she said. \u201cHe inspired me to be a pilot. On top of becoming a pilot, he also helped teach me how to walk, how to talk, how to ride a bike, how to throw a baseball, how to drive a car, and, probably most importantly, he taught me how to carry myself with humility, kindness and integrity both in and out of work.\u201d <strong>(RELATED: JetBlue Says Jet Fuel Will Get Even More Expensive As Iran War Continues)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Curtis is also my dad!\u201d she emphasized.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting to fly with him is a dream come true and something that we\u2019re going to remember for the rest of our lives,\u201d Julia added.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2348\">\u2018Real Alien Sh*t\u2019: US Pilot Reportedly Describes What He Saw Moment Before Iran Blew Him Out Of Sky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cpt. Curtis followed up his daughter\u2019s heartwarming speech with some humor. He polled the cabin as to whether his daughter, who has been flying with him \u201cfor the whole month\u201d and \u201chas a full-time job,\u201d should still be on his phone plan.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho thinks she should be off my phone plan?\u201d Curtis asked.<\/p>\n<p>The cabin booed in response as Julia cheered.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy posted the video on X, recognizing Curtis\u2019s service as an Air Force pilot for 21 years and for his total of 43 years in the air with over 18,000 hours of flight time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoment like this remind us why we love TRAVEL,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cThis is what inspiring the next generation of aviation is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=2346\">France Faces Hottest Day On Record And 40 People Drowned Amid Heatwave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary Sean Duffy posted a video of a former Air Force Captain&#039;s final flight with his daughter, recognizing his service both to the airline and his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1410,1921,68,2609],"class_list":["post-2352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-department-of-transportation","tag-pilot","tag-sean-duffy","tag-southwest-airlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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