On a recent transatlantic flight from Florida to London Heathrow, married flight attendants Hunter Smith-Lihas and John Lihas locked eyes across the aisle.
The two men smiled at each other, before swiftly returning to serving champagne to First Class travellers.
This shared smile was fleeting, but spoke volumes. And later, when Hunter and John were on break at the same time, the couple found themselves sitting in the onboard crew lounge, reflecting on the shared life and careers they鈥檝e built together.
鈥淚 met you for five minutes on the airplane when I wasn鈥檛 even supposed to, and now we鈥檙e living in the city together, and you鈥檙e sitting across from me on the plane and we鈥檙e working together,鈥 Hunter recalls saying to John.
鈥淵ou never think when you meet someone for the first time like that, that it鈥檇 go this far. So it鈥檚 kind of surreal. And it honestly just makes you so happy, because you鈥檙e like, how did I get here?鈥
How Hunter and John got here was via a series of unexpected moments and decisions starting six years ago, in 2017.
Back then, Hunter was in his early 20s and working as a gate agent for Spirit Airlines. He鈥檇 aspired to work in aviation since he鈥檇 starting watching a travel vlogger who chronicled her job as a flight attendant on YouTube.
鈥淚 thought, 鈥極h, my gosh, this is the best job ever. I definitely want to do something like this,鈥欌 Hunter tells CNN Travel today.
After he graduated college, Hunter secured a gate staff position in his home city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The role was the perfect foot in the aviation door.
Working the airport gate, Hunter interacted with hundreds, if not thousands, of people each day. As a sociable person, he always enjoyed the conversations 鈥 however brief 鈥 with travellers and airline staff.
But Spirit Airlines鈥 employment pool was so big he rarely met the same flight attendants twice.
One morning, one of Hunter鈥檚 gate attendant coworkers asked if he could pass on some papers to the captain of a soon-to-depart Spirit flight, which was heading to Orlando, Florida.
This kind of task, says Hunter, was 鈥渢ypically not my job, I did not normally do that.鈥
But off he went, walking down the gangway and onto the aircraft. He passed on the paperwork to the captain and then waited for the all-clear to disembark. It didn鈥檛 come right away, so Hunter stood by the door, biding his time.
鈥淭here was some sort of delay in him processing the paperwork,鈥 he recalls.
Also standing at the front of the aircraft was John, the flight attendant looking after the front half of the plane.
Back then, John was a total stranger to Hunter. Sure, they both worked for the same airline 鈥 but so did thousands of other people scattered across the United States.
鈥淲e had never seen each other prior to that day,鈥 says John, who was in his late 20s at the time.
As they waited, Hunter and John met eyes for the first time, and they smiled at each other.
Hunter spotted a pin on John鈥檚 lanyard. Intriguingly, it looked like the insignia of another airline.
鈥淚鈥檓 like, 鈥極h, I love the pin on your lanyard. Where鈥檇 you get it?鈥 Because it was from another airline 鈥 I think it was a Delta Airlines pin,鈥 recalls Hunter.
鈥淚鈥檓 like, 鈥楧id you work for Delta before? Where did you get it from? And that鈥檚 how I started the conversation with him.鈥
The two men chatted back and forth, talking about their respective careers so far, with John explaining he鈥檇 never actually worked for Delta. Then John asked Hunter his name, and what his schedule looked like for the rest of the day.
鈥淵ou know, just small talk,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淲e never thought this small conversation was going to go anywhere after.鈥
鈥淚t was very short,鈥 echoes John. 鈥淭he plane had to leave.鈥
After about five minutes, the paperwork was processed and the aircraft got the go ahead to depart. Hunter said a quick goodbye to John and got off the plane. John watched Hunter head back down the gangway.
鈥淚 never thought I would see him again,鈥 says John.
Over the rest of his shift that day, as he ushered passengers on and off airplanes, checked hand luggage and made boarding announcements, Hunter kept replaying the short airplane interaction with John.
鈥淭here鈥檚 so many faces and people you meet every single day at the airport. But I don鈥檛 know. I just had a weird feeling about this guy 鈥 a good feeling,鈥 says Hunter
That evening, he got out his laptop and Googled 鈥淛ohn Lihas.鈥 A Facebook account with that name popped up right away, and there was John, smiling widely in the profile picture.
鈥淚 just wanted to Facebook stalk him,鈥 says Hunter, laughing. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 even think to add him at the time. But then once I started scrolling through his profile, I鈥檓 like, 鈥業鈥檓 just going to do it. I鈥檓 going to send a friend request. I鈥檓 going to see what happens. If anything, we鈥檒l just be friends, coworkers, distant coworkers.鈥 But I didn鈥檛 really think anything was going to happen.鈥
Hunter hit 鈥渁dd friend.鈥
The notification popped up on John鈥檚 cell phone just as he reached his hotel room in Houston, Texas. He鈥檇 worked two flights that day, and was looking forward to putting his feet up. Then he saw the friend request.
John wouldn鈥檛 usually accept an invite from someone he didn鈥檛 really know. But he鈥檇 really enjoyed meeting Hunter, even if their interaction was short and sweet.
鈥淪o I accepted, just because I was like, 鈥楬mm, it could be something you never know,鈥欌 says John.
Then he sent a message to his new Facebook friend.
鈥淒o you always stalk your flight attendants?鈥 he wrote.
鈥淚t just started from there,鈥 recalls John. 鈥淥ne sentence became pages and pages of just talking back and forth.鈥
Over the next few days, John and Hunter messaged regularly. They talked about their families, their ambitions and their shared love of travel.
鈥淭he craziest part about it was once we started talking, we realized how many coincidences there were in our life. Things were so similar,鈥 says Hunter.
They both had divorced parents, and coincidentally both had one parent who lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and one who lived in Tampa, Florida.
And they shared similar hobbies and a positive outlook on life 鈥 not to mention a shared profession and passion for travelling.
After about a week of messaging, John sent through a question.
鈥淗ey, I know this is kind of forward 鈥 you can totally tell me if you鈥檙e not comfortable with this idea,鈥 he said. 鈥淏ut I have a layover in Myrtle Beach. I think you should fly down here. I鈥檇 love to fly you down here to have dinner with you and get to know you more.鈥
Beachside Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina, is a 1 hour 30 minute flight from Pittsburgh. It鈥檚 a short flight, in the grand scheme of things, but a long way for a first date.
Hunter debated whether or not to go, would it be crazy? Was it safe? He barely knew John. But he still had that 鈥済ood feeling鈥 he鈥檇 had when he first met John on the airplane. Hunter decided to go for it.
He figured he should tell someone about his plans 鈥 just in case. He ruled out his parents (鈥淚 thought they would think I was a little bit crazy鈥) but filled in his roommate. Then he headed to the airport
John was nervous too. He鈥檇 put himself out there, and wasn鈥檛 sure how it would pan out (鈥淚 really don鈥檛 do that,鈥 he says of the spontaneous invite).
And he didn鈥檛 tell anyone, except the flight crew he was working with en route to Myrtle Beach, who were all excited for him.
John and Hunter met at the airport, and then went out to dinner together. Later, they walked hand-in-hand on the boardwalk. As first dates go, it was 鈥渕agical,鈥 says Hunter.
After all the nerves, everything worked 鈥減erfectly,鈥 says John.
Still, as the 36 hours wound to a close, the glow dampened a little bit.
鈥淚 was kind of sad, actually,鈥 recalls Hunter. 鈥淏ecause we were living in two different cities. I didn鈥檛 know the next time I was going to see him.鈥
But soon a pattern developed 鈥 whenever John鈥檚 flight schedule found him in Pittsburgh, he鈥檇 hang out with Hunter. And whenever John had longer layovers in other cities, Hunter would come and meet him.
鈥淓ven though it was long distance, we still made it work,鈥 says John.
Hunter thinks the distance actually helped the relationship blossom.
鈥淲e actually had time to miss each other. We had time to plan more special things together. It wasn鈥檛 like we were just going to each other鈥檚 house every day,鈥 he says. 鈥淚 actually liked the long distance part at the time, because it gave us time to really appreciate our time with each other.鈥
Over the next several months, Hunter and John shared some fantastic moments together 鈥 a trip to Los Angeles where they spent two days exploring the city, and Hunter鈥檚 birthday, when John surprised him with a trip to Disney World in Florida.
There were tougher moments too. At one point, Hunter and John stopped communicating for a few weeks. They were both stressed and overwhelmed by work and other issues in their personal lives. They weren鈥檛 mad at each other, but keeping up the connection from afar felt tricky for the first time. But they worked through it.
鈥淭hen, everything kind of just went back to how it was and I think it was better than ever after that,鈥 says Hunter.
About a year after he鈥檇 first met John, Hunter was hired by Spirit Airlines to work as a flight attendant. He left the gate behind, delighted that his aviation dream had finally come true.
And with this exciting opportunity came another exciting step 鈥 Hunter and John decided to move in together.
Now that they were both travelling for work, the couple figured they could live pretty much anywhere. They decided to move to a new city together: Detroit, Michigan.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 kind of when things really stepped it up to the next level,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淎nd even then I still couldn鈥檛 believe, 鈥榃ow, this is crazy how this all happened and everything fell into place perfectly. We鈥檙e working at the same job now. We鈥檙e working in the same base. Our families are in the same place.鈥 It just all felt like everything fell perfectly into place.鈥
Moving to a new city, and moving in together, was a big change. But the couple knew they had to 鈥渢ake a chance,鈥 as Hunter puts it, if they wanted their relationship to progress.
鈥淚t was an adjustment,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淏ut I think overall, it was more of an adventure.鈥
On their days off, Hunter and John explored Detroit together, discovering new restaurants together, decorating their apartment and making new friends.
Sometimes it was tough to align their schedules 鈥 Hunter, as a new hire, was on call, so any day could end up on any flight.
Then one morning, Hunter got notified that he鈥檇 booked a trip, and was sent the crew manifest. He scanned through the names and then stopped short.
鈥淚 saw John鈥檚 name on there,鈥 Hunter recalls. 鈥淎nd I ran into the living room from the bedroom. I was like, 鈥楯ohn, you鈥檙e never going to believe it. Guess what trip I got today?鈥 And he was thinking I鈥檇 got something international or something really great 鈥 I was like, 鈥楴o, I鈥檓 on the trip with you!鈥欌
That workday was very special and the couple savored the time together.
鈥淚t felt nice going to work together and actually spending three full days together. And spending time at the layover hotel together, eating dinner together,鈥 recalls John.
鈥淲hen you work together, it鈥檚 almost like you鈥檙e on vacation,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淵eah, you are working through the day. But once you鈥檙e done with the day, you鈥檙e at the hotel, you can go to the pool.鈥
The flight was also memorable. Here they were, working a Spirit Airlines flight together, where a year previously they鈥檇 been strangers on another Spirit aircraft.
鈥淵ou go back to that first time you met,鈥 says Hunter.
Months passed and the couple settled into life in Michigan. Conversations about marriage started to take place 鈥渁 little bit here and there,鈥 as Hunter puts it.
The two had a trip to Puerto Rico coming up 鈥 John was working and Hunter was coming along for a vacation. As they mapped out the trip, Hunter started to think this would be the perfect opportunity to ask John to marry him.
He spoke to John鈥檚 mother about his plans to propose.
鈥淚 really love your son. I really think I want to spend the rest of my life with him,鈥 Hunter told her.
He also spoke with one of the couple鈥檚 mutual friends, a fellow Spirit Airlines flight attendant who鈥檇 be on the trip too 鈥 he wanted to have a friend on side who could document the proposal when it came.
As for John, he had no idea what was coming.
On the second day of the trip, John and Hunter were walking along a sandy beach together in San Juan. The other crew member was armed with her camera phone, ready to capture the moment.
鈥淲e were just walking around doing the touristy stuff. And I remember I had a coffee in my hand, I was looking out in the water, and then I turned around and he鈥檚 on one knee,鈥 says John. 鈥淚 was just completely shocked, and of course I said yes.鈥
鈥淲e were both so happy,鈥 says Hunter.
Straight away, John called his mother, he was crying happy tears and so was she. That鈥檚 when John realized that she鈥檇 known what was coming.
鈥淚鈥檓 like, 鈥極h my god, this is actually happening.鈥 It all clicked, like the rest of my life is coming together perfectly.鈥
Hunter and John planned a small wedding, putting the money they would have spent on larger celebrations towards a honeymoon.
鈥淪o we did a super small wedding on the West Coast. We brought our parents, two friends,鈥 says Hunter, who changed his name following the wedding, becoming Hunter Smith-Lihas.
鈥淚t was beautiful,鈥 says John.
Hunter and John鈥檚 families get on really well, and always enjoy spending time together and with their respective sons-in-law.
鈥淛ohn鈥檚 mom and my mom are great together. John鈥檚 dad and my dad are great together. I love all his cousins, his nieces,鈥 says Hunter.
鈥淢y dad loves you,鈥 John tells Hunter. 鈥淢y grandmother, who recently passed in October, she was an old-school Greek person and she came to America when she was just 18. And when she met Hunter, she fell in love with him.鈥
鈥淚t鈥檚 very nice that we all get along, our families just love each other.鈥
After the wedding, John and Hunter headed off on what Hunter calls 鈥渁 lavish European vacation.鈥 The trip also coincided with John鈥檚 30th birthday, so there was plenty to celebrate. En route, Hunter and John were upgraded to first class. They enjoyed flying in style 鈥 and that they were the ones being served for once.
鈥淚t was the middle of winter. And when we landed in Paris, it was snowing. We saw all the snow and we went to the Eiffel Tower and there was snow everywhere. It was so magical,鈥 says John.
Today, John and Hunter still work together, although they鈥檙e no longer at Spirit Airlines and now live in Florida. A few years ago, the couple both applied for jobs with another major US airline. They were keen for new career opportunities and more opportunities to travel internationally.
It was a risky decision to make just as aviation was getting back on its feet in the wake of the pandemic. For a long stretch in 2020, both John and Hunter were grounded and unsure if or when they鈥檇 return to the skies.
鈥淣ot only was it a global health pandemic, but now you鈥檙e out of a job for the time being, too. So it was just a lot. It was really scary at the time,鈥 says Hunter.
鈥淏ut we grew together, we made work,鈥 says John.
It was John who first suggested moving to a new airline. When he voiced the thought aloud, Hunter echoed it back to him.
鈥淲e both just wanted more, because Spirit only flew to the US, a little bit of South America and the Caribbean. Whereas where we鈥檙e at now services all the continents except Antarctica,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淪o that was another huge step we took together.鈥
Before they applied, Hunter and John talked about what might happen if one of them got the job, and the other didn鈥檛.
鈥淲e decided, if one of us gets it, that鈥檚 great. We鈥檒l be fine. We鈥檒l make it work,鈥 says Hunter.
鈥淲e believe in each other, that鈥檚 the thing,鈥 says John.
The couple applied on the same day. They interviewed on the same day. And in the end, they both got hired on the same day and started training together.
At their current airline, John and Hunter have the same level of seniority, so they can bid for the same flights. This makes it easy for them to coordinate their schedules and work the same flights.
Nowadays they often work on large, wide body aircraft, so they don鈥檛 always see each other much during the flight.
鈥淚f one of us is in economy, and the other is first class, we definitely see each other a lot less as opposed to when you鈥檙e working in the same cabin,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淏ut I mean, there鈥檚 always like a time where I can just pop up there and say hi, or vice versa, John can come back and say hi.鈥
And, of course, there are those moments 鈥 like on the recent flight to London 鈥 where they鈥檙e both working in the same cabin, and can watch one another at work, excelling at their jobs, and share the odd secret smile.
Hunter and John love working in aviation. Hunter鈥檚 also followed in the footsteps of the flight attendant vlogger who first introduced him to the profession and started documenting his job on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. He hopes his content might inspire or help others keen to work in the industry.
Both Hunter and John plan to work in the industry for as long as they can.
鈥淭his is what I鈥檝e dreamt about since I was six years old,鈥 says John. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 see myself doing anything else. I will be a flight attendant forever until I decide to retire.鈥
鈥淚 think for both of us, this is our career. This is our lifelong career,鈥 says Hunter. 鈥淏ecause what other job can you say, 鈥極h, well on Monday, I鈥檓 going to New York and Tuesday I鈥檓 going to Africa.鈥 There鈥檚 always the element of surprise and adventure with this job.鈥
Whatever the future brings, for Hunter and John, one of the most memorable on-the-job surprises will always be the way they met.
鈥淚 saw so many different faces every day, it鈥檚 hard to see the same face twice. And then suddenly, he comes along. And now it鈥檚 been six years later, and I鈥檓 still seeing him,鈥 says Hunter.
鈥淚 never thought this would happen to me, to be honest, never 鈥 even coming across so many people day to day, coworkers, passengers,鈥 says John. 鈥淚 always believe it was always meant to be.鈥
鈥淚t almost makes me teary-eyed,鈥 adds Hunter. 鈥淲hen I look back, I just never in a million years thought that this is where we together would be after that chance encounter. It just makes me almost emotional, it makes me want to cry. It鈥檚 just an overwhelming happiness.
It just goes to show you never know who you鈥檙e going to meet, when and where, you just never know who that one person is going to be.鈥
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Infectious disease specialists are concerned about a rise in the number of 'walking pneumonia' cases and that the disease is appearing in younger children.
A former Alberta teacher has been sentenced to four years for sexually abusing a student.
A second person has been charged in connection with the death of a man in the Kingsway area earlier this year.
The Alberta legislature is set to reconvene on Monday and the Danielle Smith government will be providing more details about its plans for the session.
The GoFundMe page for the family of an employee found dead at a Halifax Walmart last weekend has paused donations after almost $200,000 was raised in roughly 24 hours.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say a 14-year-old boy from Bridgewater, N.S. is facing several charges in connection with threats made against a Catholic high school in eastern Ontario.
Eviction day is one week away and the number of tents in the median of University Avenue in Halifax is steadily decreasing ahead of the city-imposed deadline.
Winnipeg police are looking for a suspect after a woman's dorm room was broken into at the U of M and she was assaulted.
Repairs to the historic 110-year-old rail bridge at The Forks could come with a multi-million dollar price tag.
Manitoba RCMP are providing an update to a crash on Highway 1 that killed one person on Wednesday.
Saturday will mark the end of the CFL regular season, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders will have their eyes on Winnipeg鈥檚 matchup versus Montreal to know if they have a chance of clinching the West Division.
With an attempt to address the shortage of housing available in the community, the City of Yorkton has started a housing incentive program where new builders will receive a 50 per cent rebate on residential lots, and a full tax exemption for five years.
As the final day of voting for the Saskatchewan election inches closer, voters may be wondering when official winners will be declared.
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, the man who stabbed three people in a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo, says he 鈥榓cted dumb鈥.
All the evidence has now been called at the trial of Erick Buhr, who has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the death of his grandmother, Viola Erb.
Residents spotted smoke coming from a waste management site in Waterloo on Friday afternoon.
A Saskatchewan woman is worried her child might die before receiving life-saving surgery and tests as he sits on the province's surgical waitlist.
The Saskatchewan RCMP is releasing the names of two suspects arrested on Thursday for a violent vehicle theft that triggered a widespread police search.
Police have still not confirmed the identity of a body discovered in Prince Albert last week.
The Town of Cochrane plans to roll out its $10-lot program in a month or two.
Two people 鈥 one from Timmins, the other from Kapuskasing -- have been fined more than $7,000 for camping violations, including empty septic tanks directly onto the ground.
The federal government is spending a significant amount of money to improve Indigenous student learning across Ontario.
A new staff report calls for homeless encampments to be allowed even closer to residential neighbourhoods, reducing the buffer zone from 100 metres to 25 metres.
London police have issued a warning to the public following an increased number of overdoses in the area of Queens Avenue and Adelaide Street North.
The London Knights picked up an overtime win at Canada Life Place Friday night.
Provincial police say there is an active investigation going on in the Town of Huntsville.
Several students have been banned from being spectators at school sporting events, and others suspended from school, after verbal and physical exchanges at a high school soccer game.
A 15-year veteran officer with the South Simcoe Police Service has been charged with discreditable conduct following an allegation of sexual assault.
The Windsor Police Service is investigating a suspicious death in south-central Windsor.
A Harrow school is memorializing two students and their mother, who were tragically killed in June.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge will serve as a new crossing for vehicles, but many walkers and cyclists are also excited about the opportunity to access the U.S. in a different way.
The final count of ballots in the 2024 B.C. election begins Saturday, with more than 66,000 mail-in and absentee votes potentially yet to be counted across the province's 93 electoral districts.
There were tense moments at a ferry terminal outside Victoria, B.C., on Friday after the lion鈥檚 share of standby spots on an early sailing were claimed by 鈥渁ssured loading鈥 passengers 鈥 leaving regular customers who had been waiting for hours out of luck.
Hulitan Early Years Centre is a brand new, 48-seat childhood learning centre in Colwood. It was built to support Indigenous children throughout the capital region.
More than two years after Alannah Brown and Douglas Barker were found dead north of Penticton, police are asking for help identifying a vehicle they believe was associated with the crime.
Dave Lindsey began growing giant pumpkins to bring a bit of magic to his grandkids' Halloween.
A U.S. District Court judge in Montana has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., to 18 months in prison for using fake names to buy guns with the aim of selling them in Canada.
About 15,000 students are enrolled at Lethbridge鈥檚 post-secondary schools, and now the city is working with those schools to try to find ways to get them s to stick around a while.
With Halloween less than a week away, organizations in Lethbridge are preparing to get in on the trick-or-treating fun.
The City of Lethbridge is bringing forward a water conservation policy, the first of its kind for the city.
The union that represents hospital workers across the province is used a symbol from Greek mythology Friday in Espanola to drive home its campaign about the perils of privatization in health care.
CTV's Coats for Kids is nearing the end of its donation window, with the need as strong as it鈥檚 ever been.
The Anishinabek Police Service and the Ontario Provincial Police are investigating the circumstances around a death in Fort William First Nation.
Investigators found the remains of a 77-year-old American man on Wednesday at the scene of a fire that destroyed a hotel in western Newfoundland earlier on the weekend.
Police in western Newfoundland say a 77-year-old man visiting the province from Kansas is missing after a fire at a hotel in Deer Lake, N.L.
At 2 p.m. on Thursday, the scene at the Lions Club in Clarenville, N.L., rivalled any rowdy St. John's bar that thumps with music late on a weekend night.
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