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Home » United Airlines » A Final Moving Tribute To A Deceased United Pilot
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A Final Moving Tribute To A Deceased United Pilot

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 4, 2019November 14, 2023 7 Comments

The United Airlines family again bonded together to give a proper sendoff to a pilot who died far too young.

Last month I wrote about United Airlines’ moving tribute to Captian Sean Archuleta, who died in the Atlas Flight 3591 crash in February. Archuleta had been a pilot for Mesa, one of United’s regional subsidiaries, but had just been hired by United as a mainline pilot and was due to report for training just days after the deadly accident.

United presented his widow with United wings and epaulets. Furthermore, a chair was left vacant in his honor during his training class. These small gestures represented an immense measure of respect and a vivid demonstration of compassion.

> Read More: A Very Classy Move By United Airlines

The Pilot Wife Life shares of Archuleta’s “last leg home” in which his ashes were reunited with his widow in Bogota, Colombia.

Pictures show a solemn procession in Houston prior to the flight, a moment of silence with ground staff, pilots, and flight attendants, and a water cannon salute prior to takeoff. Archuleta was assigned seat 22A for the flight to BOG.

I received permission to share the pictures below:

a close up of a ticket

two tickets and roses on a green surface

a group of people standing in front of an airport check-in counter

a group of people standing in a line

a group of people standing in a line

a group of people standing in a line

a woman holding a bag

a plane at an airport

a group of people standing next to a plane

a plane parked at an airport

a jet plane on a runway at night

a jet plane spraying water on runway at night

a jet on the runway at night

a man and woman standing on a runway

CONCLUSION

United put on the waterworks, which has unleashed the waterworks in many of us.

H/T: 121pilot

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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7 Comments

  1. J Munene Reply
    April 4, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    I’m always amused by our honoring the dead while trashing the living. If one will not appreciate me if I’m still alive, don’t honor me when I’m dead. Let me rest in peace.

    • Matthew Reply
      April 4, 2019 at 1:17 pm

      How did they trash the living?

      • Julie Garcia Reply
        April 8, 2019 at 8:45 pm

        Hi Matthew – correction Mesa Airlines is actually a sub of American Airlines (America West, USair). May Pilot Archueleta RIP

  2. James Reply
    April 4, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    Lets mourn american pilot…. But also, lets blame ethiopian and lion pilot, because they purposedly killed all of their passenger by not understanding how the mighty plane works, as written by some anonimous pilot….

  3. The Real Paul Reply
    April 4, 2019 at 3:14 pm

    Matthew- Thanks for sharing. Much respect.

  4. Ronald Fields Reply
    April 5, 2019 at 3:29 pm

    that Pilot was a United Pilot, Nobody got killed on a United flight, So really? Why would we mourn want happened on an Ethiopian flight just because is happened on a Boeing??
    I don’t understand your comment …

  5. Julie Reply
    April 8, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    I JUST CANT BELIEVE ALL THESE CRUEL COMMENTS – BUNCH OF

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