A very proud day in our family!!!

My son, husband and I finished something today that we started in June of 1990. Our son wanted to be a pilot for a major airline. Today, our son called to say that he had passed his check-ride and was now officially off of probation as a pilot for Southwest Airlines. It has been a long time coming. We all had our jobs working toward this one goal. Our son worked, went to college and did his flight training. I worked for the State of Oregon and for several years, my check went right into The Pilot's bank account so he could pay bills. We got loans, The Pilot got loans and one time we had a second mortgage and several maxed out credit cards. His Dad delivered manufactured housing and made endless trips to Klamath Falls in the middle of winter; sometimes round-tripping KFalls 4-5 times a week. He had dealers on the coast. He went out of state as far as Texas and Louisiana delivering houses to help get The Pilot through. The Pilot got married part way into the journey of getting to the airlines. They had a baby and then twin boys. The Pilot was gone alot of the time. His wife worked very hard at keeping the home fires going on flight instruction pay and then one first-year pay after another. We all kept working toward this goal; and now it's seventeen years and one month later, Wow!! Congratulations SWA pilot.