Jeff Miles grew up watching his mom leave for work in her Alaska Airlines pilot’s uniform, never thinking much of it. After all, he thought, doesn’t everyone’s mom fly airplanes for a living? But as Jeff got older, he began to understand how extraordinary his mom’s job was and aspired to one day follow in her footsteps.
That dream came true last week when Jeff, a newly hired first officer for Alaska Airlines, joined his mom, Captain Michelle Miles, in the flight deck of a Boeing 737 to fly from Seattle to Kahului, Maui.
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