It was my father who prepared the captain's first flight aircraft!

It was my father who prepared the captain's first flight aircraft!

Real "parent-child combination" in ANA Approaching the other side!

ANA Group pilots carry out their first flight as a captain. The mechanic who performed the final inspection of the aircraft was the captain's father. How did the two celebrate this day?

Debuted on ANA 401 flight on the 7th

　My father supports the start of my son who became a captain-such a flight has been realized. ANA401 flight (from Haneda to Akita) on June 7, 2022. This is the first flight as a captain of Mr. Shunsuke Saito, a pilot belonging to the ANA Wings of the ANA Group.
　
　It was Shunsuke's father, Toshikatsu, who carried out the final inspection on the tarmac as a line mechanic in charge of the flight (maintenance before departure) and sent this aircraft (Boeing 737-800. JA89AN) to the runway.

Toshikatsu Saito on the left and Shunsuke Saito on the right

"I'm glad that my father showed me his appearance as a captain. I'm relieved," said Shunsuke, who said that his father was an aircraft maintenance technician, and "I had many opportunities to touch airplanes from a young age." .. He said that he became a pilot, "I think my father (Mr. Toshikatsu) had a great influence. I was thinking of a mechanic as an option, but I wanted to fly this plane!"

　On the other hand, Mr. Toshikatsu said, "When my son was in junior high school, I took him to a flight simulator (a facility where he could experience a simulated flight of an airplane) during a social studies tour, and he landed well. That (Shunsuke). It may be the reason why he aimed to become a pilot (laughs). "