{"id":13402,"date":"2020-04-22T11:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=13402"},"modified":"2020-04-22T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:47:44","slug":"silver-linings-envoy-couple-finally-ties-the-knot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2020\/04\/22\/silver-linings-envoy-couple-finally-ties-the-knot-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Linings: Envoy couple finally ties the knot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cover photo: Nancy Hunter and Bob Riney tying the knot at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Chapel.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Walk don\u2019t run. For 20 years, Nancy Hunter and Bob Riney lived together in Dallas-Fort Worth, but were never married.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nancy, a native of Long Island, New York, has been a Flight Attendant with Envoy since 1992, and her newly wedded husband has been an airline pilot since 1973. Bob has been a Captain and Check Airman with Envoy since 1989. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since they met, the two have been on countless adventures together, like wild nights camping in the rain or marathon motorcycle rides all throughout the U.S. Five years ago, Bob finally gave Nancy a diamond (as Nancy puts it), but they were in no rush to officially tie the knot \u2014 until this Easter Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe started talking about a wedding just before Christmas,\u201d said Nancy. \u201cWe were in a place where it just felt right, and we were ready.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“Wouldn’t change a thing”<\/h3>\n
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Nancy and Bob kiss with their masks on during their wedding ceremony at DFW. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the soggiest of wet blankets (ahem, <\/i>coronavirus), Nancy and Bob managed to hold a lovely, romantic and meaningful wedding ceremony at the chapel in Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The two donned their work uniforms in lieu of a dress and tuxedo, because it fit the aviation-centric couple \u2014 \u201cit\u2019s who we are,\u201d said Nancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Respecting the social distancing guidelines, they invited around 50 guests to virtually attend the wedding through a video communication web app. Just like any wedding, it was produced by family and friends coming together to create a special moment for their loved ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

Their friend Chris offered his services as a Chaplain; Nancy’s sister Susan and brother-in-law J.D. handled the video conference, music, photos, rings and even the cake; Nancy\u2019s daughter Debbie provided her mother\u2019s bouquet and recorded the ceremony onto video. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs it turned out, it was amazing!\u201d said Nancy. \u201cI had amazing help putting it all together. Everyone could be there, no one had to travel or even dress up. It was perfect, and I wouldn\u2019t change a thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Stay positive. Count your blessings.<\/h3>\n
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Nancy and Bob with their Harley Davidson motorcycle on one of their cross-country trips.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While they won’t be going on a honeymoon anytime soon, they said they\u2019re enjoying their time isolating at home together. Between long walks, rides on their motorcycles, and home-improvement projects, they still manage to \u201cstay positive and count their blessings,\u201d said Nancy. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are fortunate to be off from work during this time,\u201d Nancy said. \u201cI think it’s important to remember that this pandemic won’t last forever. When this is over, I think people will be friendlier and kinder to each other with a better sense of what is important in life.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob will be retiring soon and Nancy has taken a voluntary leave of absence during the crisis. Now they have ample time to focus on staying safe at home and can enjoy their newlywed lives together, but they still can\u2019t wait to get out and travel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the pandemic is over, visiting our families and friends will be at the top of the list,\u201d said Nancy.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cBy then, my house should be organized and my cooking should be outstanding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“Back in the air”<\/h3>\n
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Bob and Nancy on a flight they worked together to the Bahamas.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Bob is nearing retirement and eager to live carefree without a schedule, he\u2019s still going to miss his time as an Envoy pilot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have never felt it was a job, but a privilege to get to do what I love,\u201d said Bob.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI will especially miss the view of the clouds and the Earth from the flight deck. And I will miss the people \u2014 my fellow pilots, our Envoy family, and the passengers alike.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Thankfully, Envoy will still have Nancy taking care of our customers once business gets back on track and she can return from her leave of absence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to relaxing a bit at home and hope to accomplish some of those things we all plan to do \u2018someday\u2019, like sorting my photos,\u201d said Nancy. \u201cIt will be a treat to be home for a while as newlyweds, but I already miss flying and look forward to being back in the air.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

You and everyone else, Nancy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Know any more\u00a0“silver linings”?<\/a>\u00a0Send us an email at\u00a0Envoy.News@aa.com<\/a>. We’d love to share your stories of perseverance and hope during this COVID-19 crisis.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cover photo: Nancy Hunter and Bob Riney tying the knot at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Chapel.\u00a0 Walk don\u2019t run. For 20 years, Nancy Hunter and Bob Riney lived together in Dallas-Fort Worth, but were never married. Nancy, a native of Long Island, New York, has been a Flight Attendant with Envoy since 1992, and her newly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":41928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[105,64,66,77,78,647,641,185,51,68,88,648,98,80,643,649,83],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}