Pilots Joel and Shelley Atkinson are a husband-and-wife duo working at Southwest Airlines.
Mandatory Credit:	@luvpilots/Instagram

Pilots Joel and Shelley Atkinson are a husband-and-wife duo working at Southwest Airlines.
Mandatory Credit: @luvpilots/Instagram

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They fell in love three decades ago - now, pilot planes together

On their first flight together, Joel Atkinson and Shelley Atkinson couldn’t contain their excitement. They enthused to the flight attendants. They posed for photos. They told passengers via a pre-flight announcement.