An Indian pilot recently took to Twitter to share a special moment about flying with her flight attendant mother on her last day at work.
Guys, tomorrow I will be flying with my mother on her retirement day, when she gracefully operates her last flight as an Air Hostess with @airindiain after 38 years of service 😊 privileged to be her first officer tomorrow! #proud#grateful#happy
Pilot Ashrrita Chinchankar posted a tweet on Tuesday after fulfilling her mother Pooja Chinchankar’s dream of piloting her last flight with Air India from Mumbai to Bengaluru.
So happy and honoured to be able to pilot the one flight that mattered. It was my mom’s dream to have me pilot her last flight as an Air Hostess with @airindiain 🙂 As she retires after her glorious 38 years of service, I will be carrying on with her legacy 😇 #grateful#proudpic.twitter.com/zcUTNCENzj
“It was my mom’s dream to have me pilot her last flight as an Air Hostess with Air India,” she wrote, sharing an image of her mom smiling while surrounded by the flight crew.
“As she retires after her glorious 38 years of service, I will be carrying on her legacy.”
The tweet about their heartwarming moment has been liked over 14,000 times and received hundreds of comments, with many showering the two women with love, wishes and lots of praises.
She has seen India’s aviation industry’s whole life, more or less. ALL airports have changed since her first flight. And times too. daughter is second in command at work. Marvellous story.
“I am both happy and overwhelmed. Happy because people can relate to the emotion, and overwhelmed because people are celebrating the goodness,” Ashrrita told the BBC.
“She plans to travel for a couple of months, after which she will decide what she wants to do,” she added.
Ashrrita then posted a video of the passengers applauding her mom as she walked through the plane.
For all of you who asked 🙂 that’s mom on her last flight as an operating cabin crew for @airindiain what a lovely day and what amazing passengers! So many best wishes and hugs ♥️ of course I was in the flight deck 🙂 #proud#gratefulpic.twitter.com/eUL3Og4EBr
Air India, businessman Harsh Goenka and Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Jayant Sinha also posted nice words for the mother and daughter.
#FlyAI : @caramelwings Our heartfelt wishes to your mother and you for this special flight when she passes the baton on to you to have the privilege of serving our passengers with dedication. The legacy lives on. https://t.co/AxJiFllPbv
An Air India air hostess of 40 years wanted her last flight before retirement to be piloted by her daughter Ashrrita Chinchankar. This came true yesterday. Passengers clapped, the staff cheered. Real life dreams are made by stories like this. #HelloHappinesspic.twitter.com/HXiKSWOcCb
Dreams took flight as First Officer Ashrrita piloted her Air Hostess mother’s farewell flight who retires after 38 years of service with @airindiain. ✈👩✈
According to a representative of Air India, the special moment was not planned and was just a coincidence that Ashrrita was flying the aircraft during her mother’s farewell flight.
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