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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Page 3:...................... Message from the CEO: Attie Niemann Page 6: ..................... Guest Profile: Mohammad Mojab Page 7: ..................... Celebrating Women in Aviation by Renita Mouton
Page 8: ..................... Message from Head of Training: Des Lynch Page 8: ..................... 43 Air School Student Nationality Profile Page 9: .................... 43 Air School News Page 10: .................. A day in the life of a Corporate Pilot by 43 Advanced Lanseria
Page 12: .................. PTC Aviation - Why? Who? What?
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MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
The 43 community has had a busy year so far and many developments have been steaming ahead so I hope to give you a short list of our highlights at 43 during the past year. I am truly privileged to be leading this amazing team of individuals and without their absolute dedication to 43 we would not be so well positioned for the next chapter in our history. Allow me to highlight some of the past year‘s developments and milestones. Introduction and accreditation of our A320 capability in Port Elizabeth to our Airline Training ability to complement the Boeing 737 800 NG already in operation. Upgrade of our Port Alfred Simulator Centre; all our Simulators have undergone hardware and software upgrades. Refurbishment of our Cockpit Procedural Training section of our Simulator facility at Port Alfred. 43 Air School CEO, Attie Niemann
43 Advanced in Johannesburg has had an extensive refurbishment and many improvements for our customers are underway.
The first of our Vietnam Airlines students arrived during 2017; they have settled in and are already well into their training. Extensive upgrading of the AMO in respect of the Spares Holding and Electrical Workshop. College Registrar, Nyasha Manyika, has taken up the reins at 43 and is making upgrades to the 43 social program . We welcome her to our team and trust that she will add huge value to our student’s experience. Lover of aviation, students and community service, Nyasha is a commercial pilot. She lived in Texas whilst working as an Au Pair and took flight lessons at Meacham Airport. The time abroad helped to expose her to the world of aviation and meet passionate aviation enthusiasts.
*The Assessment Team is now run by Yolandé Bleeker and we welcome her in this important role. Yolandé has completed FSI training on our Boeing 737 800 NG offering and thus has had the exposure necessary to further the training experience of both students and instructors. She started out at as a student at 43 Air School in February 2008 and completed her CPL ME/IR in 2009. Her Initial instructor’s rating was done at FTS in 2009/2010 and she returned to 43 Air school in 2011 for an Instructor’s refresher course. Yolandé started working at 43 in December 2011 in Bhisho. In 2014, she went to PTC as a B738 Simulator Instructor. She returned to FAPA in 2016 as a GRII ME Flight Instructor. In June 2017 she became the Testing and Assessment Manager, a function critical to the success of competence based training. Yolandé is currently close to 1700 hours total time, with nearly 300 hours instruction on the B738 simulator.
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. 43 Quality and Safety Manager Alan Philpott has successfully completed his instructor GR 1 upgrade and we congratulate him on this milestone achievement in his career. Alan started his flying career in the SA Air Force as a flight engineer and has much operational experience on Alouette helicopters. He later left to fly as a flight engineer in SAA before qualifying as a pilot himself. He joined 43 Air School as part of the original MCC (Multi Crew Coordination) team. When the School landed the Kenyan and Sudanese contracts it was necessary to open a satellite training facility at Bhisho. Alan became the Chief Flying Instructor at Bhisho and successfully trained large numbers of students by whom he is still fondly remembered. Proof of this are all the congratulations he received on our popular Facebook page after his recent achievement! Alan’s thesis on Upset Training and its role in Ab Initio training is an excellent and informative read. This upgrade was no joke and Alan has burnt the midnight oil for many months while managing to fit in his day job and family responsibilities. We are proud of you Alan!
Our Food and beverage department is now completely outsourced in all respects to EP Caterers and we look forward to improved student’s experience in this important part of our offering to them. We are on the about to implement a new e-learning management application which will improve the tracking and monitoring of our student’s progress through their training. It is our intention to develop functionality in this system which will enable sponsors and parents to follow students’ progress online. We aim to keep enhancing and improving our technology investments in aviation education. In support of this our on-base internet speed has quadrupled in the past few months. Security upgrades are continuing via active and passive management of our environment to further secure our campus. Student access and control cards have been implemented throughout Campus to ensure proper control and improve efficiency for staff and students. Some 75% of our student’s accommodation has been upgraded; the remaining portion is to be completed in 2017. * 43 Management are urgently seeking an internal bulk water solution to minimise the disruptive supply we experience from the local municipality. This has the highest priority. In order to address poor fuel delivery issues we have changed supplier and are installing new fuel facilities. The Davis weather monitoring facility has been modernised and now enables real-time information of the ambient conditions; you are invited to check this out at www.vitalweather.co.za 4
The Operations/Dispatch area has been refurbished to better serve our paperless environment. It was felt that the Flight Instructors needed a breakout area where they could relax, attend recurrency sessions or, if needed, conduct research. A crew room was thus created and appropriately furnished. It has been put to good use by the training team. * Our academic Q+A system has been improved to accommodate iPad instruction and, in future, all iPads issued at 43 will be 3G enabled. Many other enhancements and improvements are underway; far too many to mention! We will keep working hard to keep our customer experience the best possible. We invite all friend, customers and prospective pilots to pay us a visit; you are always welcome. Most of all, thanks to our 43 staff working to make 43 the best Aviation Institution on the continent. I take leave of you with the following interesting fact: the derivation and meaning of “Aviation”.
Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word aviation was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, [1] from the verb avier (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word avis ("bird") and the suffix -ation.[2]
Attie Niemann
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GUEST PROFILE:
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From L to R: Des Lynch (Head of Training), Mohammad Mojab, Mbali Macu (Instructor)
Why did you want to learn to fly? Ever since I was a child, it was one of my dreams. I love the feeling of being up in the air, it is a special time when one can forget and leave all the sad things that are on the ground .
What course are you taking and what stage are you at? ICPL (SEP+IR), my flight test is due in a couple of days.
Why did you choose 43 Air School? Recommendation by previous students who are now back home in Iran.
What aspect of your training do you most enjoy? I enjoyed the
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instrument flight training as well as the ground school. I managed to pass all exams 1 st time, in my first sitting I passed all 4 modules .
What’s your most memorable moment? The first solo was a big step, you feel more confident. My long instrument navigational flight to George was incredible. We executed some approaches in Port Elizabeth and George. I felt like a real professional airline pilot.
Do you have any advice for others, thinking about commercial pilot training ? If you want to be a pilot for the wrong reasons e.g. prestige, don’t do it. You will need to be prepared for the hard work, personal life changes, miss family gatherings, etc. Be in it for the right reasons. The passion has to be there.
What are your next training steps? I will be going back home to Iran and work on converting my license then looking for a flying job.
What are your ultimate career goals? To become a Chief Flight Instructor, I love teaching. I used to be a teaching assistant whilst I was pursing my Master’s in Material Engineering. I published two papers on nana-technology but I believe that’s a story for another day. Black and gold tracksuit pants R199.00 each.
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Celebrating Women in Aviation: Harriet Quimby She was born on May 11, 1875 in Arcadia Township, Manistee County, Michigan. After her family moved to San Francisco, California, in the early 1900s, she became a journalist. She moved to Manhattan, New York City in 1903 to work as a theater critic for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly and more than 250 of her articles were published over a nine-year period. Quimby became interested in aviation in 1910, when she attended the Belmont Park International Aviation Tournament in Elmont, New York. There she met John Moisant, a well-known aviator and operator of a flight school and his sister Matilde. On August 1, 1911, she took her pilot's test and became the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate. Matilde Moisant soon followed and became the nation's second certified female pilot. In 1911 Quimby authored seven screenplays or scenarios that were made into silent film shorts by Biograph Studios. All seven were directed by director D. W. Griffith. Stars in her films included Florence La Badie, Wilfred Lucas, and Blanche Sweet. Quimby had a small acting role in one movie. In 2004 Quimby was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. In 2012 Quimby was inducted into the Long Island Air and Space Hall of Fame.
The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome possesses a flyable Anzani-powered oneseater Blériot XI, which bears the Blériot factory's serial number 56, showing that it was manufactured in 1909. urban legend.
The Vin Fiz Company, a division of Armour Meat Packing Plant of Chicago, recruited Quimby as the spokesperson for the new grape soda, Vin Fiz, after the death of Calbraith Perry Rodgers in April 1912. Her distinctive purple aviator uniform and image graced many of the advertising pieces of the day. On April 16, 1912, Quimby took off from Dover, England, en route to Calais, France and made the flight in 59 minutes, landing about 25 miles (40 km) from Calais on a beach in Équihen-Plage, Pas-de-Calais. She became the first woman to pilot an aircraft across the English Channel. Her accomplishment received little media attention, however, as the sinking of the RMS Titanic the day before consumed the interest of the public and filled newspapers. Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant On July 1, 1912, she flew in the Third Annual Boston Aviation Meet at Squantum, Massachusetts. Ironically, although she had obtained her ACA certificate to be allowed to participate in ACA events, the Boston meet was an unsanctioned contest. Quimby flew out to Boston Light in Boston Harbor at about 3,000 feet, then returned and circled the airfield. William A.P. Willard, the organizer of the event and father of the aviator Charles Willard, was a passenger in her brand-new two-seat Bleriot monoplane. At an altitude of 1,000 feet (300 m) the aircraft unexpectedly pitched forward for reasons still unknown. Both Willard and Quimby were ejected from their seats and fell to their deaths, while the plane "glided down and lodged itself in the mud". Harriet Quimby was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York. The following year her remains were moved to the Kensico Cemetery Valhalla,
New York A 1991 United States airmail postage stamp featured Quimby. She is memorialized in two official Michigan historical markers. One is located near Coldwater where she was born. The other was erected near the now abandoned farmhouse in Arcadia Township where Quimby grew up. Since Quimby's plane, in 1912, was a brand new two-seater, the idea that the former was the aircraft that she was flying in 1912 seems to be an urban legend.
Celebrating Women in Aviation by Renita Mouton * Source Wikipedia
“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” Eddie Rickenbacker
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MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF TRAINING As Head of Training at 43 Air School I take the progress of our students through their training to heart. From the commencement of training we emphasize the importance of selfdiscipline and appropriate behavior. It is really gratifying to have students graduate on time.
efforts to make General Aviation safer. Unfortunately the implementation of IR Ops has not achieved the objective; it has become an almost impossible hurdle to the majority of aspirant pilots in the country. It has delayed the completion of training to an unacceptable extent.
However, now and then we have to deal with a curved ball which really upsets the applecart. The most recent of these is the introduction of the standalone Instrument Rating Theoretical Examination (IR Ops) which was introduced by the Regulator as of 1 July 2016. The original concept of this examination was excellent and was well received by the aviation industry; it would allow Private Pilots to gain an Instrument Rating and thus support
We have sought to assist our students by engaging the regulator with regard to problem questions, delaying the sitting of the exam to allow students maximum practical instrument flying experience and by presenting a dedicated two week theoretical course to prep them for the exam. These efforts are paying dividends! Our 2017 first time pass rate for the dreaded IR Ops has jumped to a credible 50%. While it falls short of the 80% in other sub-
Head of Training: Des Lynch
43 Air School Student Nationality Profile
43 Air School Vietnamese Students 2017
Country
Vietnam
Government Type
Communist State
Currency
VND: Vietnamese dong
Population
95, 261, 021
Total Area
127,880 Square Miles 331,210 Square Kilometers
Location
South Eastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, as well as China, Laos, and Cambodia
Language
Vietnamese (official), English (as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
An Interesting Fact
In most countries the capital city is also the largest in the country. In Vietnam, Hanoi (the Capital) has a population of 6.5 million people, whereas in Ho Chi Minh City (also known as Saigon), there are more 8 than 7.5 million people!
43 AIR SCHOOL-NEWS August Graduation It is standard practice at graduations to invite a guest speaker from the Aviation Transport Industry to address the graduates and impart some knowledge/tips for the next steps in their careers. Ex Singapore Airlines Training Capt George Stewart encouraged the students to be well presented when attending interviews in addition to preparing a detailed CV. Guest Speaker George Stewart, Photo by Warren Woza Williams
Freshly minted frozen IATPL Holder: Calvin Pires Freire At the age of 15, I was scammed by a guy who told me that he would be able to teach me how to fly. Ever since then, I did my research on how I could learn how to fly.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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6 October Graduation Proud moment for Calvin Pires Freire and his Instructor Lindy Ward
23 October New Intake 26 October House Captains Meeting 28 October Addo Game Park Visit
Student Fun Friendly football match against a local team
3 November Graduation 18 November Karaoke Night 27 November New Intake
Great news!! The 43 Air School Gym is being refurbished!! July 2017 intake
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43 Advanced Lanseria
A day in the life of the Corporate Pilot The wheels are set in motion with a call from operations confirming the flight details. This flight will be to Entebbe Uganda where we have to drop off the client and the mode of transport, the luxurious corporate jet. My brain kicks into overdrive with a flood of mental checklists not least to confirm if the flight operations department remembered all their bits. The daily requirements of being a dad doesn’t miraculously vanish and amidst all the planning, I have to prioritize my family responsibilities. Fortunately there is an established family support network working hard in the background consisting of a loving understanding wife that tolerates my aviation career and, of course, Grandpa and Grandma always faithfully without complaint taking on extra responsibilities. With the family looked after I can wrap my mind around the flight requirements. Every pilot should have a fail-proof system to ensure that nothing is left to chance and through experience I have developed a system that works for me. One of the items to follow up on is to check that the flight operations department obtained the over flight and landing permits for the route and in addition to this a quick check on the passenger numbers follow. Nothing spoils the day like realising once en-route that the landing permit has not been secured. The next call is to the very competent cabin attendant to confirm that all the catering requirements are in order because unfortunately with this mode of transport there is no convenience store to pop in to once the wheels have been retracted. Arranging fuel for departure and at destination is the next priority. In this profession you cannot assume anything because quite often, especially in Africa, a destination might not have fuel or the price is greatly escalated. Flight planning follows, consisting of flight route planning making sure the route is still the same as the client can make changes at a moment’s notice to fit their busy schedule. With the route unchanged, en-route winds, weather and notams get downloaded into the flight planning program and again we check and verify fuel required. 10
The weather in the region is taken into account to ensure that should we be required to divert the alternate is selected. Now that the mental checklist with regards to the flight is sorted, I can start with my personal needs. I always pack for the unexpected as a trip can be extended at a moment’s notice. One of the most important items is the mosquito repellent, as the prospect of Malaria is quite daunting. Depending on the time of day, a wrestling match with the traffic on my way to the airport might still be on the cards. It doesn’t matter how many flights I’ve done; seeing the majestic aircraft on the apron always brings boyhood butterflies to my stomach. The operations department is on hand with the required paperwork and the administrative duties start with a thorough check of all the documents. We have signed copies of the weight and balance, performance calculations operational flight plan and I jot my signature on the flight acceptance form. Immigration is next and only now are we allowed on the apron. We commence the pre-flight inspection ensuring the plane is flight ready and the required fuel is uploaded. The crew converse making sure that everybody is happy with their responsibilities and we can start working through the various checklists and cockpit setup procedures to ensure all the information is programmed correctly for departure. With that completed I can call for the start procedure. With the Challenger’s engines humming contently we work our way through a systematic process of a cockpit flow procedure in which all the aircraft systems and annunciations are checked. The call is made ‘’ready for taxi’’ and clearance is given to the holding point position A4 for runway 07 at Lanseria. With the wheels turning the taxi checklist is called for and completed. ATC clearance is noted with instructions to after departure initially climb to 6500 feet with a left hand turnout to position UTRUK, continuing the climb to 8000 feet, Johannesburg radar frequency VHF 123.7 MHz and Squawk Code 6030. On the flight deck we review the departure and set it up on the Flight Management System and the flight mode annunciation that is required require after take-off. ATC hand us over from Lanseria ground to the tower frequency and asks to report ‘’ready for departure’’. A familiar tingling feeling of excitement build up as we line up on the runway and complete the line-up checklist. The thrust levers advance to take-off thrust, engines responding with the airspeed alive on both sides and cross checked through 80 Knots indicated airspeed, next is decision speed V1 and VRotate, V2 on its heels and the aircraft pitches up at a rate of about 3 degrees per second. The passengers are each caught up in their own thoughts and after completing the after take-off checklist we soon climb through 6500 feet, the familiar voices from Radar Control greet us and clears us to higher levels. Within 18 minutes we find ourselves at Flight Level 410 where the sun always shines. The aircraft accelerates to Mach 0.80 and we settle down in the cruise. Flight time calculated for the conditions approximately 3hours and 30 minutes. With clear skies and the sun setting in the west we are greeted with a spectacular mix of orange as night settles. Soon we have to start setting up for the ap- At 43 Advanced we pride ourselves proach and landing. We are cleared us for radar vectors to the landing runway in providing the highest standard of advanced training. Training inwith no traffic on the descend our next task is to program the flight management cludes: Type ratings, ATP Prep and system with all the performance requirements and complete the checklist. Testing as well as soft skills to assist a pilot in gaining the skills and
During the descent we contact apron control and arrange a parking stand and knowledge to advance their careers with that completed we are vectored for the final approach course. The ILS fre- in the Corporate, charter or contract quency is tuned and the checklist completed as we intercept the ILS. Evening is market. One of the most rewarding hinting over Entebbe and the last rays of the sun reflect off Lake Victoria. With careers is that of a corporate pilot two reds and two whites following us down the ILS the wheels soon make con- so I decided to give you a glimpse of tact with the tarmac. The engines roar as the thrust reversers are engaged and a day in the life of a corporate pilot. In the following edition we will follow with a gentle application of brakes we vacate the runway and ATC welcomes us a day in the life of a contract pilot. to Entebbe. Stefan van der Berg
The passengers are relaxed and we can hear their laughter, which is normally the sign of a smooth landing and not an arrival. The marshaller indicates the parking stand and the shutdown process and checklist can be completed. The fuel truck approaches and with the go-ahead for the return trip I smile; knowing that I won’t be needing my mosquito repellent on this trip after all.
Facility manager 43 Advanced Training Safe Flying
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PTC Aviation - Why? Who? What? There’s no doubt; demand for airline pilots is going to outstrip supply within the next few years. Forecasts show that 255,000 new airline pilots will be needed around the world in the next 10 years. That’s 70 new pilots per day! Furthermore, 180,000 first officers will need to develop into new airline captains, more than in any previous decade. In fact, over 50% of the pilots who will fly the world’s commercial aircraft in 10 years have not yet started to train. This is great news for you as you enter the profession! There will be growing opportunities and time-to-command is getting shorter. All this is great news for you as you begin your career – but only if you have positioned yourself to be able take advantage of the opportunity. At the same time, however, the aviation industry continues to raise the bar for pilot training and increase its expectations of pilots. The industry at every level needs pilots who have been trained to competency and are “turn-key” – so the emphasis with respect to “entry requirements” is inexorably shifting from experience to competency. The huge demand for airline pilots means that the industry no longer has the luxury of waiting for a pilot to develop knowledge and skills and gain “experience” by following the traditional “self-improver” route. The days of working your way up - through instruction, charter and contract flying and finally into a small domestic carrier flying a medium turboprop - are numbered.
“Source: CAE Airline Pilot Demand Outlook: 10 Year View"
You will increasingly be expected to sign on and start operating from day one, so whilst you may have a license, if you don’t have the ability (i.e. the competencies) to do that, you’re not even going to get to the interview.
Once you get your foot in the door, it’s also a good thing if you are closer to the “turn-key” competencies pilot the employer is looking for. You need to be more attractive to the employer than the next guy! Self-improver experience may not provide you with those competencies, so how do you achieve them? Competencies are achieved through focused training and there’s no doubt that it works. Look at Kate McWilliams, 26, who is already an Airbus A320 Captain for EasyJet in the UK; look at her First Officer, Luke Elsworth, who is just 19 years old. It can be done with the right training and the right attitude .
Airlines are not just looking for first officers to fill the right seat. They’re looking for candidates with the potential to become captains. EasyJet is a very interesting case-in-point. In 2017 they will recruit 450 new pilots, 300 of which will be from their ab-initio cadet programs and a further 100 direct-entry First Officers. 12
What do they look for in their new pilots? Manual flying skills are of course a “fundamental”, but great emphasis is placed on “non-technical” skills or “soft” skills – from the start the clear goal is to look ahead to command potential. That means clear communication skills, the ability to manage workload, solve problems and make decisions, in an open and transparent way, applied CRM and MCC skills. So much for the buzzwords, what it really means is the ability to do and say the right thing at the right time – what might more readily be called “Appropriate Behaviour”. The question is: what training do I need to be able to achieve the competencies required? You’ve made a great start; 43 Air School is an excellent place to learn the fundamentals of flying. The training program is not about achieving a licence (that’s incidental), it has instead been deliberately designed to prepare you for the next step towards achieving the competencies we’re talking about. That next step is taking what you have learnt and applying it to real-life commercial operation in a multi-crew environment. There is new knowledge and there are new skills to be learnt. There is also further refinement of your soft skills, your attitudes and your behaviour to ensure safe and efficient operation. Whether you are destined to fly in a two-crew environment or not, those competencies will set you ahead of the pack. Luckily for those of you on the Integrated ATPL and Jet Pilot programs, that step is part of your course footprint. That perhaps answers “why?”, so, since the training will be delivered at PTC Aviation in Port Elizabeth, it would be as well to introduce “who” we are and “what” we do – as well as a little bit of the “how” we do it. PTC Aviation was the brainchild of two passionate and highly experienced airline instructors, Wayne Westoby and Keith Paterson, both Training Captains at SAA. (Keith tragically died last year and is greatly missed). It’s a young and enthusiastic company with a real joy for what they do – and that’s reflected in the ethos, it’s a serious, adult environment, but it’s friendly and welcoming too with very much a “student centred” approach to training. Everything focuses around developing “Appropriate Behaviour”. The programs are designed to bridge the gap between the end of primary flight training and the competencies we’ve been discussing. To do this, there are two stateof-the-art fixed base simulators, manufactured by Dutch company, MPS, an Airbus A320 and a Boeing 737-800. These devices conform to the European (EASA) FTD-1 standard – so that means that they are real aircraft cockpits that have been turned into simulators (the Airbus used to be British Airways A320, G-BUSK). The form, feel and function are exactly the same as the real aeroplane. Each device is equipped with the industry standard RSI wrap-around visual system, which gives an extraordinary degree of realism. They are magnificent! PTC delivers Multi-Crew Co-operation (MCC), Entry-Level Training (ELT) and Type Rating training using these platforms. The nature of these courses needs a bit of explanation, too lengthy for this article, so perhaps we can cover that in detail in a later article. The facilitators are a young and enthusiastic team, all experienced flying instructors and very well qualified for the task. Besides Wayne Westoby’s constant presence (and there is no finer instructor at this level!), PTC is always a hub of activity. Regular contributors to the training include senior airline captains, examiners and pilots who fly for a variety of airlines around the world – including SAA (various aircraft), Nippon Cargo (747-8) and Boeing (a 787 training captain). Recent PTC “exports” to the industry include former trainees and instructors who are now flying for SA Airlink (ERJ), FlySafair (737), Cathay Pacific (777), CemAir (Canadair RJ) and SA Express.
There are few better examples of “Appropriate Behaviour” and the chance to rub shoulders and shoot the breeze with these kind of aviation professionals is worth its weight in gold. In the changing global pilot market, the real question really isn’t “should I go to PTC”… but “can I afford not to? 13