A 5-year-old was rewarded with a tour of Southwest Airlines’ headquarters after he spotted an issue within the training manual given to pilots. Seriously.
Wanting to be a pilot is a dream that millions of kids have. They want to be able to fly planes, be it with passengers on board, or fighter jets in the military. The number of people who actually go on to be pilots, however, is drastically smaller, especially given the huge costs involved to start training.
In the case of 5-year-old William Hines, he is obsessed with planes and has actually gone viral for spotting a mistake within Southwest Airlines’ training manual.
The 5-year-old got to meet a Southwest pilot, with his mom, Amber Hines, revealing that they sat and spoke for two hours. In that two-hour window, he spotted the mistake.
Youngster given tour of Southwest HQ over mistake
“I discovered that two terrain monitors did not match. They did not match at all,” the youngster told Next9 News, pointing out that one monitor showed a closer look at things than the other, which is supposed to match.
William’s mom said that a family friend asked if they could pass the finding on to their manager at Southwest, leading to the airline’s CEO to offer him a reward.
The Hines’ got to visit Southwest’s headquarters in Dallas, Texas, on a VIP tour. “It was amazing,” Amber added, noting that her son got to spend some time on a simulator with another Southwest pilot.
“I love flying. I don’t have to walk 7000 miles,” the five-year-old told FOX 8, noting that he’d love to “support” people by helping them travel in the future.
His experience was marginally better than a plane full of Lufthansa passengers in Munich, who had to spend time overnight stuck on their plane because the airport was closed.
The food was “very limited,” and the travelers were unable to deplane until the early hours of the following morning.
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