Jamaican pilots lead AA’s return since the shut down
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June 16, 2020
Two American Airlines pilots who were born in Jamaica were responsible for steering the first flight of 126 passengers to the island on Monday as the island reopened its tourism sector, since the reopening fo the border.
The pilots, Captain Shaun Nelson of Montego Bay, and First Officer Bethoya Powell, from Tower Isle, safely landed a Boeing 737 aircraft on the tarmac of the Sangster International Airport with the aim of helping to restart the Jamaican economy.
The aircraft, which left Miami, Florida, at 11:30 a.m., arrived in the tourism capital city of Montego Bay at 12:40 p.m.
Powell, Nelson said, was responsible for the roster that brought them together on the same flight – in her role as pilot manager in Dallas, Texas.
Powell said that American Airlines has sought to maintain COVID-19 social-distancing protocols by keeping the middle seats empty.
