Luis Castillo didn't think he'd follow in his father's footsteps but now the two adventure around the world as a pilot duo for United Airlines.
In honor of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn her pilot's license, American Airlines enlisted an all-Black female crew to operate a flight.It was the opportunity of a lifetime for Capt. Luis “Louie” Castillo when he got to call his son, Luis Castillo Jr., offering him the job as a commercial airline pilot for United Airlines last October.“I’m on the verge of tears,” Louie Castillo, who is based out of Las Vegas, said of that moment. “You call him, you offer him the job.
As he moved up the ranks, he became exposed to pilots and started to fly small airplanes himself. He started getting his licenses and degrees, and when he failed a test for the Air Force, became a commercial airplane pilot. Now as a captain, he hasn’t looked back. One day Luis Castillo called his dad to tell him he wanted to pursue being a pilot, and it didn’t take long before the dad was his son's mentor.
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