Joy-Anna Duggar’s husband Austin Forsyth gets private pilot license after ‘leaving’ family and Counting On reality show
JOY-ANNA Duggar’s husband, Austin Forsyth, has officially obtained his private pilot certificate after they “left” the family and quit Counting On.
The Sun can exclusively reveal Austin, 26, obtained the certificate on April 18, 2020, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The certificate allows Austin to fly a single engine land and an instrument airplane.
Austin has been flying for years, as Joy-Anna, 22, posted a photo of her husband in 2017 flying to a wedding in Mississippi.
She then posted a photo with him again in July 2019 flying a Cessna 172 aircraft.
But Austin isn’t the only pilot in the family, as her brother John David Duggar also has his license.
John David, 30, was issued his commercial pilot license on September 27, 2016, meaning he can fly a single engine land airplane, multiengine land airplane and instrument airplane.
Austin’s certificate comes after he and Joy-Anna, who is pregnant with their second child, .
On the , Joy-Anna and Austin did not have a featured storyline and only appeared in group settings.
Joy-Anna and Austin are also missing from the promo for the upcoming season.
reported the couple is not going to continue to film unless for a special occasion.
Fans speculate the two are "leaving" the family on social media.
Joy-Anna in a tank top in a recent Instagram photo.
Joy-Anna and Austin also have separate Instagram accounts now, despite sharing one for years.
This comes after and her husband, , also left the TLC show.
Derick claimed on social media that patriarch withheld money for the adult children’s appearances on .
He also claimed he and Jill are not allowed on the Duggar family compound unless Jim Bob is home.
Derick has revealed over social media that he .
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He said in a recent interview that they left the TLC show to "avoid toxic relationships” and to “regain control.”
Jill, 29, and Derick, 31, who share two sons together, have been breaking away from the famous family ever since the accusation.
Jill didn’t wish her mother a happy Mother’s Day, , and has been .
Jill has also broken strict rules, including enrolling her oldest son in public school, piercing her nose and wearing jeans.