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How did your respective careers start, as a pilot and as a flight attendant? Who was first?<\/strong><\/p>\n Susan: <\/strong>I was first, thanks to my Tante (Aunt) Christa, who worked for American Airlines as a Ticket Agent in San Francisco. I wanted to be just like her. My first plane ride was to Germany to visit my grandmother when I was 11 years old.<\/p>\n After a few jobs in the airline and travel industry, I eventually worked at Austin Travel for 13 years as a Corporate Travel Agent. They had an office in Islip, MacArthur Airport, where I bought Corey his first Captain’s hat when he was around 3 years old.<\/p>\n However, I always wanted to be a flight attendant, so I applied and got hired by American Eagle, now Envoy, in 2011. Corey came to my graduation while he was in his first year at Florida Institute of Technology studying Aviation Management. I always thought he might someday work with me.<\/p>\n Corey:<\/strong> My mom started at Envoy first. I started learning to fly at\u00a0Florida Institute of Technology in 2010, and finished with a degree in Aviation Management in 2014.<\/p>\n I originally started teaching as a Certified Flight Instructor in 2013, and then joined Envoy in November of 2015. However, I\u2019ve always dreamed of flying, since I was in elementary school.<\/p>\n Did you push each other to work for Envoy?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Susan:<\/strong> I wouldn’t say I pushed him.\u00a0 Well, maybe just a little.<\/p>\n Corey:<\/strong> My mom absolutely did push me to work for Envoy. I remember going to her Flight Attendant graduation in 2011 at the American Airlines Academy, and I loved it.<\/p>\n All throughout my training in college, I had heard about Envoy, so it grew on me and I couldn\u2019t see myself anywhere else.<\/p>\n Growing up, Corey, did you always know you wanted to be a pilot? How did you help him achieve that dream, Susan?<\/strong><\/p>\n Corey:<\/strong> I first knew I wanted to fly probably in kindergarten. At my elementary school, we had the rare opportunity every spring to have our own personal air show at our school.<\/p>\n The 106th Air Rescue Wing on Long Island, New York, would fly a helicopter over the field and land allowing every kid to sit up in the pilot\u2019s seat. I knew from that day on I wanted to do nothing else but be a pilot.<\/p>\n Susan:<\/strong> His dad and I took him to visit flight schools.\u00a0 He got accepted and chose Florida Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n What was it like to fly together and be a team working to be safe, on time and friendly?<\/strong><\/p>\n Susan:<\/strong> It was amazing \u2013 a dream come true!\u00a0 I was very proud.<\/p>\n Corey:<\/strong> It was honestly a great experience and very rewarding! How many people can say their mom was the flight attendant on their flight?<\/p>\n I know she had been wanting to fly with me since I started at Envoy, so we finally got the chance to fly together on my first flight after upgrading to Captain.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nAbove: Corey at age four with his sister Kaitlynn.<\/h5>\n