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After flying planes around the world together for years, married couple Joe and Margrit Fahan co-piloted their last flight on August 13. The Fahans have both been pilots for more than 30 years and have been co-pilots on a Delta Airbus A330-300 aircraft for the past six years. The couple met while they were flying for the same commuter airline in New Jersey in the early 1980s. At the time, both Joe and Margrit were married to other spouses. Years later, when they were both single, they ran into each other again. The Fahans got married in 1992 and had two sons, both of whom went on to become pilots. The pilot couple met in the early '80s.  When the coronavirus pandemic impacted travel in the US earlier in the year, their once-busy flight schedule was almost entirely grounded. They flew just a handful of flights after mid-March. "When COVID hit, everything shut down. It just really came to a screeching halt, especially international travel," Joe told Insider. In July, the couple accepted an offer made by Delta A