Mother and daughter pilots make History at United Airlines.
United Captain Brenda Patterson grew up in Denver wanting to be an airline pilot. It proved not be a transitory phase and after completing flight school, she was hired by United in 1990.
33 years later she is an LAX-based captain…and her own daughter, Brooke, has now followed in her footsteps.
As the daughter of a pilot, Brooke grew up with a flight pass and was able to travel the world, falling in love not just with travel but with flying itself.
She also went to flight school, flew for regionals, then was eventually hired by United mainline. Now she flies Dreamliners as well.
Recently, a long-held dream of both Brenda and Brooke was realized when the two were able to pilot a United flight together.
Brooke offered a lovely tribute to her mother at the gate at LAX
