Southwest Airlines Captain Honors World War II Veteran in Flight Deck

What an amazing and humble Southwest pilot , and honourable gesture 👏🥇.

These are just a few reasons out of millions that make this Airline company so special! To every employee of Southwest Airlines, I salute your hearts and hard work that makes you an Amazing Airline.

R.I.P. Mr. Spain

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What a wonderful story!!

What a very awesome pilot to do that for the veteran! Thank you veterans and the men and women enlisted today. I thank and pray for them because we non military people will never understand the hell they see, go through and live after their services. Thank you and God bless you.

What a grand story! Thanks to that pilot and his heart for a true hero.

This will stay with me for a long time

Nice!!!❤️🎉🎉🎉

Thank you, Southwest, for all you are to us all.

There is a very real reason that Southwest Airlines uses a heart as their logo... it is a family... a family that cares about the staff, the pilots, the attendants, AND their customers.

Wow how wonderful is this,thank you Captain for your kindness and generosity!❤️❤️👍

Every time I need a "Feel Good" moment, I watch this video. That captain did not have to do what he did with that WWII vet, but he did and that just goes to show that good and good people do exist. A lot of good people work in one fashion or another with the aviation segment of society.

Great papa was born right before world war 2

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what a 737 pilot looks like !

Wow. I am speechless. This is one of the many reason why my family always flies you guys! Every time I fly with you guys I always sit down with the pilots up front and talk to them from an aspiring pilot to pilot. The SWA pilots are ALWAYS willing to talk and just be great! God bless this airline.

who else choppin onions here?

What an amazing story. Well done Captain, we’ll done.

Is someone cutting up an onion?

What a BEAUTIFUL story! God bless you Captain John!

This is truly honoring a Veteran. I'm not saying the free stuff and food on 11NOV isn't nice it is but to truly honor a Veteran is to truly listen to his or her experience. Each h one of us have experience and not a lot of us ever really get asked to share that experience.

Southwest Airlines is the best airline out there no doubt about it u can’t lie that southwest isn’t the best Southwest is my future airline

Everyone that lives in Haslet be like
😧 bet I can find him😎

An Airman will only open up to a fellow airman

I'm proud to know a Southwest Airlines pilot who flies out of west Phoenix (near Luke Airforce base). This man has 2000+ hours in F-16s--if you fly for Southwest you can probably figure out who I'm referring to by now...but I will not speak his name--its private to him alone. If you have to ask, it's probably because he keeps a low profile and doesn't brag about himself.
He has always been one of a handful of the most humble, outgoing and genuinely fine men I've had the privilege to know, even though I don't know him all that well these days--it's been several years since we've spoken, much to my loss. But he would have done just what this pilot in command did too, and would have felt it just as much. Kudos to both.

Love this airline!

Moving to say the least. Thank-you Captain for honoring the Greatest Generation. Wish I could have sat in the jump seat and listened into your conversations. Fly high and fly right...

Oh man I’m crying

THANK YOU, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

Amazing...and he was a fellow TTU alum!

I really love how Southwest emphasizes the sacrifices and service of our troops and veterans. Southwest has always been my airline, but I have a new appreciation for them as a company. 💙❤️💛

It was really hard for those men to open up about what they experienced.

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AWESOME STORY OF TRUE AMERICANS RESPECTING EACH OTHER. 😎👍🇺🇸

Wow.. thank you to the Captain for honoring a vet, and thank you to Capt. Spain for his service!

This is the kind of person we need in Congress, not the worthless, egotistical, and selfish ones we have on Capitol Hill.

God BLESS all of you.

I just love Southwest!!! Only airlines I will fly, THANK YOU ALL, EVERYONE , who work for Southwest Airlines! God Bless and keep up the great work!!!!! I have seen some funny videos of airline attendants doing some impersonations while telling passengers the main info of their flight, hoping one day I will be on a flight with one of those talented attendants! LOL

What a wonderful story. As a pilot, I always enjoy talking flying with other pilots of any age. The flying bug never goes away, trust me

What a treasure, I’d fly with that captain any time

Darn it, Southwest! You make me cry with all these touching stories. But, thank you! God bless the two pilots so far apart in years, yet so alike.

RESPECT! 💯🇺🇸

Thought it was 4 years ago, it is so very touching and awesome. That Captain made the day of that veteran and in turn the veteran made the Captain's day!!

Y oh Tube mixing Nickie's. It,s called BACKGROUND music for a reason!

Great story. Need more people like the captain

What a beautiful story. Captain John, Mr Spain and family encapsulate everything that is great about aviation.
Cheers,
Mj.

Damn these onions

Why do most Southwest videos make me cry 😭 I can’t wait to fly for u guys!

My Dad just passed away...retired Colonel and Command Pilot...he would have loved to see this. The greatest generation.