This is your captain: the co-pilot today is my wife

WHEN Captain Hugo Webb introduces his co-pilot to passengers over the intercom at the start of their BA flight, he typically leaves out one crucial detail.

The First Officer sitting alongside him is his wife, Hannah. The couple, who yesterday flew together on the London Heathrow to Milan route, are one of a handful of BA pilots married to each other, and because they are both trained to fly the airline’s Airbus A320, they find themselves rostered together every few months.

The couple, from Alresford, Hampshire, both joined BA in 2011 and married the following year.

BA dismisses fears that any marital tensions amid the proximity of the cockpit might lead to turbulence.

“They are extremely professional, just like any of our other highly trained pilots,” said a spokesman.