Retiring Pilot after 44 years I Captain Mike Tragarz I American Airlines

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@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

I can't believe all of the beautiful comments I am getting. Update..its been 9 months now and aside from this virus thing, it is shaping up to be the best retirement possible. Thank you all for your continued support and kind thoughts. I hope those of you looking to aviation find your way onto the flight deck of your dreams. May all your travels be safe, your landings smooth and may you always have tailwinds enroute. Stay well my friends.

@NWG1961 4 года назад

Thank you very much! Have a great retirement!

@sm_flys 4 года назад

I hope you will enjoy it for many more years to come.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

@@sm_flys thank you... i hope you and your family are safe during this pandemic.

@deadeye8 4 года назад

Congratulations sir!

@TheMasterjay500 4 года назад

Congratulations captain, I left a couple tears around here, I wish you the best of the life sir, greetings from Dominican Republic!

@jankhan866 4 года назад

Anyone with forty years of service in any jobs is a legend and deserves respect and honor.

@NueLei 4 года назад

I'm a serial killer for 47 years and haven't been caught NOW GIVE ME MY R E S P E C T

@jankhan866 4 года назад

@@NueLei Hats off to you, Sir. 😉

@PlusSizePrincess 4 года назад

Truly..High respect to the Captain

@mmarczuk1976 4 года назад

Agreed

@lewisdempsie5494 4 года назад

Jan khan my dad has his own company and he has been working for 42 years this year

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Thank you all for your kind thoughts. I am the most fortunate guy alive. Thanks again to my good friend Rob Olson for making this video memory possible. Something that i will have for the rest of my life. I wish you all the very best. I hope you all find the same sucsess and satisfaction from your life that i have been blessed with. Enjoy the ride... its really is "all about the journey".... safe trip...

@cottontheeastercottontailr265 4 года назад

👍🏻

@garrisonbrumblay9137 4 года назад

Congratulations for 44 incredible years with American Airlines

@averywilliams1908 4 года назад

Congratulations!!!!

@MrGST360 4 года назад

God Bless you , Cap

@mynameisciko4885 4 года назад

From MD 80 until the next generation Boeing 737 you know time feels lighting speed Good luck captain i hope you'll live a good life

@bb3ca201 4 года назад

Seeing the fire department salute him with the waterfall kinda made me tear up. Congratulations, Captain

@fhdowntheline1825 4 года назад

That is the standard greeting for any special aviation event. Retirement, new route service, etc.

@mrlarsen1781 3 года назад

@@fhdowntheline1825 why did you have to ruin that beautiful moment ?

@fhdowntheline1825 3 года назад

@@mrlarsen1781 No, as an Aviation geek, that's the last thing I'd do. I thought I replied to a somewhat irreverent comment some months earlier.

@mrlarsen1781 3 года назад

@@fhdowntheline1825 oh well I Apologize, I thought you were one of those people on RU-vid that just wants to ruin everything, I am sry

@fhdowntheline1825 3 года назад

@@mrlarsen1781 no worries!

@Michael-ky5hg 4 года назад

He made millions of passengers happy when they got to their destinations. Thank you Captain for your service and safety. Enjoy your retirement, sir.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Roger that

@egg3050 4 года назад

It’s sad when any airline pilot retires...

@titusjonesii3179 4 года назад

BigD0916 because it will be hard to replace them with someone with experience

@beltrana1004 4 года назад

Well, every airline apart of Ryanair

@ilovecops6255 4 года назад

or gets the coronavirus from chinas.

@smartasiegbu6245 4 года назад

It's rather great and glorifying cos many died in that job. Congratulations to the captain.

@f.b.i.7000 4 года назад

Yee

@kesshuchoudhary6136 4 года назад

For him it's like driving his car for last time

@aerofiles5044 4 года назад

yeah it really is. He will never be able to fly a a319 ever again. id be pretty sad tbh

@kesshuchoudhary6136 4 года назад

@@aerofiles5044 ya😓

@savagekingtexas_3990 4 года назад

Bro, I'm no aviation person but that made me cry when they touched down on the runway and greeted by firetrucks. There's people like Mike who makes this world a better place with his experience :) hope your enjoying your retirement well

@aydenn23 4 года назад

SavageKingTexas _ pussy

@jeff-vh9pl 4 года назад

@@aydenn23 u're the pussy.. pussy

@DailyDoseofSpace. 4 года назад

I'm pretty sure if a non aviator saw fire trucks spraying water on their plane - and they didn't know about the retirement - they'd freak out

@2mounties81 2 года назад

Vater Salute

@mikedeal3466 2 года назад

I will never forget my last flight. United did pull out all the stops. From the fantastic mechanics that released me to fly, to the ground crews that serviced and cleaned our aircraft, dispatures that I argued for more fuel, and got it, flight ops for their support, flight attendants who always went the extra mile, I will always be forever grateful for 38 years, 30,128 hours of GREAT FLYING.

@lisaincolor4289 2 месяца назад

❤❤

@steveacevedo820 4 года назад

44 years of dedicated professionalism, what a great career Captain Mike! Wish you many happy years of retirement with your wife and family.

@RamonGonzalez-lb5of 3 года назад

I 've been working in American Airline for 34 years, I retired from DFW on September 30,2020, and it's been a great pleasure to work and give an excellent service to our customers! I wish you the best Captain Mike, thanks for your service! Enjoy the time you deserve it! Thanks American for the opportunity to work with this incredible Air line! Thanks to everyones!

@VictoryAviation 4 года назад

This video is woefully under-viewed. What an amazing account of this gentleman’s last flight after 44 years of service! And to top it off he was so classy and gave all the thanks to his wife 🙂 I’ll bet he was great to work with. The skies just won’t be quite the same without him behind the yoke.

@SkylineMedia360 4 года назад

Thank you Matt and yes you're right, very classy man and amazing service.

@bahenbihen 4 года назад

Without him next to the sidestick* Joking aside he looks like one of those cool old captains that I would really enjoy a 4 day trip with. Definitely a role model

@madosfiles 3 года назад

AMEN 🙏🏻

@thomasmcintosh543 9 месяцев назад

You didn't really say that!! This was an Airbus (looked like a 319). There is no yoke!! As for everything else you said, I think you're "spot-on". But that plane has a side-stick; doesn't have a yoke.

@VictoryAviation 9 месяцев назад

@@thomasmcintosh543 Not everyone can handle a Boeing 😂 My bad… I wasn’t really paying attention to that at the time. I was focused more on him and the story. What do you even say about Airbus pilots? “The skies won’t be quite the same without him sitting approximately 45° offset from the side stick”? 😅 It just doesn’t have the same flare to it.

@edwinbaez3656 2 года назад

Congratulations 🎊 👏 on your retirement. It is quite an accomplishment. Not everyone can have that blessing to become a Pilot. God Bless.

@Julian_Jay 4 года назад

I flew with captain mike when I was a kid to 🇵🇷. Congratulations mike and have a great life and retirement. God bless you

@SilverGearRC02 4 года назад

My dad is a retired american airlines pilot. he flew for 30 years

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Hats off and my best to your dad for paving the way for guys like me.... Tell him I send my best and tailwinds to him....

@patriciaalston7623 3 года назад

Congratulations

@johnfish1194 2 года назад

Thank you Sir, for you many years of dedicated and professional service. You were in charge of many lives, and took them to their destinations safely. Much respect, love , and admiration from a small plane pilot. Enjoy your well earned retirement Sir.

@williammackenzie788 4 года назад

A captain but a servant to thousands, top man.

@iqranaveedkhan4169 4 года назад

Stay blessed captain thank you for giving 44 years of your life ❤️

@michaeltragarz2343 3 года назад

My pleasure... 🙏

@michelereid 3 года назад

The water salute I imagine feels as good as when team mates carry you off for your last game 💕💕

@Nyck461 3 года назад

Great and emotional video or more exactly emotional history. I can imagine how beautiful it is ending a work carrier after 44 years as a pilot. Through the video is very noticeable how loved Michael was as a worker and as a friend. I am getting close to retire but as a maintenance in CNC machines and I also can feel how good friends feel hard to miss you on their daily routine from early morning to late afternoon. I can imagine how Michael friends will miss him. Congratulations Michael.

@gtr1952 4 года назад

Congrats Captain! My brother serviced your aircraft at AA for 35 years. Wishing you clear sky's and soft landings!! 8)

@michaeltragarz2343 3 года назад

Thank you so much for your kind thoughts. It was great being on his team. Please tell your brother thanks just in case i missed the chance myself.

@gilzuniga6692 4 года назад

Captain, as a 30 year old airline pilot, I aspire to first off all have your smile at retirement but also be blessed to fly until 65. It took me 10 years and 4 Airlines and I finally made it to a Legacy! Side note: I flew the 737 at Swift Air!

@bahenbihen 4 года назад

I agree though we young pilots will have the even bigger blessing to fly until 68 lol at least that's where the industry is heading

@califcamper 4 года назад

Thank you Sir

@user-lt7wm1hw3r 4 года назад

So lucky!!!

@justsomeguywithoutamustach9322 4 года назад

Your welcome slave

@PlusSizePrincess 4 года назад

Wow

@joem5110 4 года назад

Congratulations! You kept America moving forward for 44 years!

@nexogames4819 4 года назад

It's so beautiful how happy he is. It melted my heart 😢❤

@dla872 2 года назад

They don't make them like this anymore. Work ethic, respect, dignity. Thank you for your service.

@amonganns8647 3 года назад

I'm not aviation person but that made me tear up. It's always hard to leave the job you've been working at for a long time!! Hats off you sir for your excellent service.

@davidrigg1613 4 года назад

Thank you for your service sir!!!! And a big thank you to your wife! I I can't imagine how hard it was for her for you to always be travelling!!! Enjoy your retirement you deserve it!!!

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

I always used to say that they would erect a statue to her when it was over. At my party, which she hit a home run on, I gave her that statue. I married way above my station. Its been great and she is a strong person... thanks for your comments for my wife... all my best.

@califcamper 4 года назад

HOW COOL!!! Love those couple shout outs "Mike"!!! over the airways. . Only thing thats sad about it is 1 DAMN INCREDIBLE pilot less out there...touching God Speed Sir...

@codmobilenavyseal2190 4 года назад

All I can say is Sir, thank you for your service

@hailendien 4 года назад

44 years... what a great career. Congratulations, sir!

@sjcobra84 4 года назад

Nothing but the upmost respect for airplane pilots. You people have nerves of steel.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

thanks

@ericmaldonado1373 2 года назад

Thank you Captain for all your services 🙏, enjoy your retirement 👍

@keemjohnson8863 4 года назад

This make me smile! Working on the ramp coming up on 4 years. I plan on retiring with my airline as along as my body, the airline and the good lord let me.. Congratulations on ya retirement!

@SkylineMedia360 4 года назад

Thank you all for your comments. We appreciate them and will pass along to Captain Mike!

@droneshotsantoine1805 4 года назад

Really nice! He's inspiring me.

@egg3050 4 года назад

QuadcoptersNL same

@egg3050 4 года назад

Booga Gamer same

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Getting to read all of your good wishes and comments. Thank you all so much. They mean a great deal to me. What a way to go out.... i am very fortunate to have a great friend like Rob Olson.. without him i would not have this video memory of my last day on the line. This memory will last forever. THANKS Rob....

@EL-bu8pi 2 года назад

God bless you! To your wife and beautiful family. Thank you Captain!!!

@jackwalter3913 3 года назад

The two worst days for a pilot is the day he knows it’s his last, and the day he doesn’t

@williamphillips163 4 года назад

Thank you for your service 😢 you will be. missed 😢

@williams8186 4 года назад

What a dedicated man ! You don't find many people like this anymore. I hope you and your wife enjoy your retirement to the fullest.

@bethmiscia8297 2 года назад

Amazing !! Congratulations!!! Captain Mike! Great job! 44 years! Happy Life!!

@joshuaonderi9978 2 года назад

Watching tears running down. Tears of joy. Congratulations sir.

@benjibean8431 4 года назад

He's not sad, he's optimistic! I absolutely love that.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

whats to be sad about... a great journey..

@benjibean8431 4 года назад

@@michaeltragarz2343 You had a great life up in the sky and that's what matters

@winstonparkes433 4 года назад

He started in 1976 and retired 2019 really long journey

@nikkidodd2305 3 года назад

I was a teenager when he started flying. Doesnt seem like it should be that long ago. Time really does fly.

@winstonparkes433 3 года назад

It's true

@Videographer1234567 2 года назад

All the best Mr Tragarz. This video made my heart smile. All the best to you and your fantastic wife, from Vancouver Island Canada.

@taroman7100 2 дня назад

Such a beautiful profession and this a a great tradition. Congrats Capt. Fair skies!

@nickcool4596 4 года назад

Much love thanks for flying everyone everywhere and thanks for taking us the ways we want to go!!!!!!

@spawntez 4 года назад

CONGRATS CAPT. MIKE ! YOU EARNED YOUR RETIREMENT, ENJOY IT

@mandywhitton1292 2 года назад

Congratulations on you Mike enjoy your Retirement xxx

@valaus90 Год назад

Congratulations captain enjoy your retirement, thanks for your wonderful labour and skills that speaks for itself on those 44 years, my father was an aviator, all respects for you aces of the sky 🫡

@danielmumford5740 4 года назад

What a bro this guy is! Congrats, I hope I’m as cool as a pilot as you are throughout my flying career!

@Apple-es8zr 4 года назад

It’s always hard to leave a job you’ve been at for a long time it was hard for me as a heavy equipment operator

@leanramopenihp4040 2 года назад

More power Captain!God bless,May you have exciting retirement! Enjoy👍😍😍😍

@vickiehawkins2447 2 года назад

Thank you Captain Mike. You're a Rock Star......❣️

@paulinahmunalye1400 3 года назад

Thank you for all the service you’ve put in all over the years! Happy retirement captain Mike👨‍✈️. This video is truly inspirational. We appreciate you!

@michaeltragarz2343 3 года назад

Thank you very much 🙏

@AKLINTMURT 4 года назад

Great moments wish him all the best for the years caming

@lonmcq7317 3 года назад

A job well done, Sir... Always makes me choke up seeing the wash-down... Godspeed...

@rhinominn 3 года назад

These guys are the best. I’m happy for him and his family.

@themansaviationchannel3319 4 года назад

Congratulations Captain outstanding work, enjoy your well earned retirement

@bikercrash602 4 года назад

That's really neat! Congrats, and enjoy.

@asimsherzai 2 года назад

Thank you ! Captain Mike! Manny Manny happy retirement with your family, a true old school professional

@Alexiosftw Год назад

As an aviation enthusiast, this made me feel happy and sad at the same time. Thank you for 44 years of smooth landings

@captkay5330 4 года назад

Great moments wish him all the best for the years to come...

@chrissymulligan1664 2 года назад

Hey captain K!!!

@reedlawrencej 4 года назад

That last landing was butter.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

LIke a glove...

@et1016 3 года назад

Wow, a true American hero!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@G4LIFE74 2 года назад

Congratulations Sir!!! I really envy you !! 44 years … Wish I can say that one day.

@pianoxmusic5052 4 года назад

Wow this is really a spectacular moment

@standinguphigh1 4 года назад

Congratulations Captain. Enjoy your retirement!

@Mafia6ix_335i 4 года назад

Congrats Captain. Thank you for you passion and dedication. Hope your next chapter is as good as the one you finished. Soft Landings.

@geetapatel6222 3 года назад

Congratulations from London......what a lovely couple....fantastic service level too! Inspiring x

@stevedra1 4 года назад

Congrats on a long career Captain! I sincerely hope your wife chose to sit in Economy and that the airline didn't say "That's the best seat we could give her for free". Was thinking the wife of a retiring pilot would automatically get seat 1A for THEIR service to the airline. :)

@garrisonbrumblay9137 4 года назад

“That is one hell of a pilot”

@leenakhan4096 Год назад

Thank you captain u really deserve honour. Happy retirement sir

@KT-bh6tr 2 года назад

Love the pic of him coming off the plane. Congratulations! 🎊

@janinebell763 4 года назад

Please enjoy your retirement and love to your wife.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

I will share that with her... thank you from both of us....

@selfmadedimez783 4 года назад

It’s time to start my pilot training

@mitchblack7730 4 года назад

That’s amazing Mike. Congratulations on the culmination of a great career. Best wishes for a happy new adventure in life.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

thanks

@philbrook241 Год назад

Gosh thats so amazing and we wish u all the best in the future. Ur SOLID GOLD MATEY. All the best from Great Britain ❤

@TheAamirRauf 4 года назад

Wonderful!!!

@K.a.Z__ 4 года назад

This just sad and happy at the same time (Edit) Thanks for four likes

@staceyshaffer180 2 года назад

Oh my gosh, congratulations and thank you for the many safe flights! Wishing you and your wife many happy years in retirement.

@jeeperjeffjeffreynolds7419 4 года назад

Loved this video!! You sir are a legend in my book. 44 years of doing a job that will shake the nerves of many men is a feat. Good luck Captain in your future endeavors, well deserved.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Thank you Jeffery, felt like it only took a second to happen... on to the next chapter.

@jcaam8094 4 года назад

AA could have at least made more of an effort to show up at his landing instead of leaving everything up to the family.

@matthewoehms3209 4 года назад

J CaaM assuming that they a) recognised it and b) gave a damn.

@burnn3 4 года назад

AA is retiring up to 75% of pilots in the next 10 years due to the mandatory 65-year-old retirement rule. That's a lot of ceremonies to attend.

@jesuischarlie6381 4 года назад

This was awesome, he helped transport a lot people in his life and safely.

@burnn3 4 года назад

@noah lawrence For the life of me I will never fully understand why flight training costs what it does. Maybe it's the insurances, fees, fuel costs, parts cost... and then the need to pay employees and make a profit on top of it. It's a high cost. But in today's market for pilots, its a cost worth paying to reap the rewards. At the end of the day, we don't do this because we want to be rich... we do this because we love it. Therefore money is not going to hold us back.

@burnn3 4 года назад

@noah lawrence Well I tell ya what I was in the same boat, trying to pay out of pocket, but I said hell with it, took out $100k loan and got my ratings. That was Jan 2018 and in Jan 2020 I start at the airlines. Worth every dime.

@daverobinson6184 4 года назад

Wow cap 44 years that is a lot of year's of safe flying, Enjoy your free time now

@michaeltragarz2343 3 года назад

Will do.. Thanks

@casager Месяц назад

That water cannon salute upon arrival ought to be seen as that much more valuable given how scarce water is quickly becoming in Phoenix! Congratulations to Captain Tragarz; undying gratitude for all your years of safe-keeping your thousands of passengers.

@misspenny4687 2 года назад

I'm just now seeing this....A very happy late CONGRATS 👏 .

@SPEAKTHETRUTH.24.7. 4 года назад

Well I guess all good things have to come to an end... Enjoy your retirement.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Roger that...

@saltypat688 4 года назад

Why df am i tearing I guess i honor pilots alot

@krizybaychilaika3346 4 года назад

Sometimes we do things but nothing is worth it if we don't impact people around us. This made me tear up to see how much this guy helped people in his 44 years.

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

thank you

@Bruce.-Wayne 4 года назад

44yrs....that's amazing...I'd say that's about 26,000 hours of flight experience......thank you captain

@andrewdressler7076 4 года назад

Congratulations on an amazing career Captain. Also, just wondering, is he also a military veteran? If so, thank you for your service!

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

Yes i am... US Army... Alaska... paratrooper.... another great chapter... thanks so much. It means a lot to me.

@andrewdressler7076 4 года назад

@@michaeltragarz2343 Captain Tragarz, you are truly an inspiration to all of us. Thank you for your service! Enjoy your well deserved retirement, you've earned it!

@gamingwitheman3521 2 года назад

@@andrewdressler7076 Correction: EARNED IT

@MegaDavisB 4 года назад

Mike, I just saw this today. Sorry I missed this reception, but I was in Doug's office that day trying to explain your lousy Captain's Efficiency Ratings for the last six years... No, just joking. Enjoy your next chapter.

@cakafella 4 года назад

Was watching A10s go to work a few videos ago. Glad I wound up here. Outstanding job Captain!

@omcbob37 2 года назад

Captain - thanks for your many years of dedicated service in keeping the flying public safe. Enjoy your retirement - you've surely earned it.

@xxdmoxxde.e5618 4 года назад

Roses are red Violets are blue After seeing this, i am crying And so are you

@michaeltragarz2343 4 года назад

I hope they are tears of joy, mine are... what a great way to end a career. thanks for the poem

@xxdmoxxde.e5618 4 года назад

@@michaeltragarz2343

@PInk77W1 3 года назад

As they say in the black community “44yrs is a minute.”

@muthukhumars.s.5143 3 года назад

He deserves and got an outstanding farewell. Another hero in the skies 👏👏

@arlesiodiamantino5727 4 года назад

44 years man 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 This video gave me chills 🙌🏾

@worldofgaming6773 4 года назад

The start of this video looks like something from GTA5

@MikePlaysYeet 4 года назад

2:59 is that woah vicky?

@MrGILREED 3 года назад

Great créer Captait Mike....ty...all the best for.you.and your family...ty again...

@michaeltragarz2343 3 года назад

Thank you so much. 🙏

@__eganista6372 3 года назад

As a woman with a passion for aviation and photography, those views were WOW! I'm always amazed at how a plane can still take off and fly through the skies. Pilots in my opinion are the luckiest guys around. What a fantastic job. Happy retirement Sir.