These brothers have been helping planes depart for four decades

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (InvestigateTV) — Brothers Bobby and Lance Snyder have a combined eight decades of service with American Airlines at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.They help make sure planes arrive and depart safely and on time at the airline’s second-largest hub. Their commitment is inspiring their younger co-workers.From Johnson City to the rampBobby Snyder said the brothers grew up in the Johnson City area, close to the Tri-Cities Airport.“A friend of ours and his dad, they lived beside of us. We used to go out to the airport,” Bobby Snyder said.Lance Snyder said he has memories of going to the airport as a child and cleaning overnighters.“Back then, the big thing was getting peanuts off the airplane and maybe finding some pennies or nickels, you know, as we would clean the airplanes,” Lance Snyder said.Bobby Snyder said that experience drew him to wanting to work for the airline. In 1986, he came to Charlotte and put a resume in to Piedmont Airlines. He was hired the next