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HE Seattle Times reports that the FBI will lead a criminal investigation into the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX in the wake of the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610. This follows the US Department of Transportation announcing an embarrassing audit into the processes that went into the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX. This has profound implications for African aviation. Up till now, Boeing as one of the two big original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), was seen to be tantamount to God in its infallibility.

African regulators have tended to slavishly follow the requests of the big OEMs to the extent that they have often gone overboard and mandated items that were nothing more than manufacturers’ recommendations. Now Boeing is seen to be fallible – as evidenced by the Ethiopian authorities’ refusal to allow the Americans to analyse the ‘black box’ data from the EK302 crash.

It is also significant to note that the two big OEMs pride themselves on the level of support they provide to often-struggling African airlines. The OEMs are able to provide a broad range of services to African carriers – from centralised ACARS message downloading and processing, to assistance

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with tricky administration functions, such as flight crew rostering.

What it would now seem needs more attention, at least from Boeing, is pilot training. It is significant that American carriers, and in South Africa, Comair, believe that there is nothing wrong with the Boeing 737 MAX series that cannot be overcome by basic pilot training.

Southwest Airlines has accumulated 88,000 hours in 41,000 flights in its MAX fleet. CEO Gary Kelly said the airline’s internal data reviews revealed no problem that could compromise safety. Like South Africa’s Comair, Southwest initially decided to continue to fly the MAX, even though it now agrees the grounding.

Boeing’s own training pilots and Comair MAX pilots I have spoken to believe that any properly trained pilot should easily be able to handle a trim runaway associated with the MCAS system. They point out that the pilot can neutralise an MCAS trim runaway by using the control wheel trim buttons. This will override the MCAS trim for 4.75 seconds – more than enough time for the captain to take charge and switch the Stabiliser Trim off.

But in the meanwhile, Boeing finds itself pilloried on social media platforms.

The public no longer trusts it to build safe airliners. Sorting out what I have called ‘the devil in the system’ of the MCAS is a small problem for Boeing compared to the task of fixing the damage to its reputation. And the bill from the MAX operators for grounded aircraft is going to hurt.

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PILOT ERROR To the average aircrew member, the term ‘pilot error’ defines the individual using it as an aviation illiterate. Generally, these days it is the lesser informed who still choose this expression to neatly apportion causality and blame to someone who has a good chance of not being able to defend him or herself, as they are no longer around.

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OCKPIT voice recorders (CVR) and flight data recorders (FDR) are mandated for this very reason, and this information is meant to be used with impartiality and technical astuteness to determine the sequence of events that lead to the accident.

Therein lies the rub: The Sequence Of Events.

But wait, there’s more. Unsurprisingly, an airliner is not operated in a vacuum of isolation from its environment, which extends way beyond the actual surroundings of the aircraft at the time. Every aspect of aviation is controlled or governed in one way or another, from the most minor, seemingly insignificant item, right through to the aircraft themselves and the corporate culture that operates them.

As we are all aware, a second Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft crashed in Ethiopia.

We are all still awaiting the release of final reports and CVR transcript data from the first Lion Air accident, and therefore we have little to go on, and thus speculation is running rife.

It is reasonable to draw parallels between the accidents, and as the first preliminary data started trickling through,

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the entire fleet of Maxs were grounded.

Where there is smoke…there are mirrors.

The Airbus 320/330/340 series of aircraft have an almost identical issue of uncommanded nose down elevator (as opposed to the entire stabiliser, in the Max cases), which is a manifestation of the stall protections going rogue, as a result of a temporarily frozen Alpha vane.

This down elevator input cannot even be countered with full back stick, as the aircraft thinks it’s stalling, and removes the side stick authority from the pilots.

Our only chance of rescuing the situation is to immediately disable the protections by forcing the aircraft into Alternate Law (which is a set of flight control laws that have very limited protections built in).

This is done by reaching up to the overhead panel, above the Captain’s head, and pushing two switches which knock out two of the three Air Data Reference systems simultaneously. Left with only one ADR source, the flight control logic decides it cannot compare a single source of data with anything and degrades the control law, disengaging any autopilot and lumping the problem on the pilots’ laps.

At least now the side stick has full authority again, and we can pitch the nose up to where it should be.

The Max problem appears to stem from an aircraft design that has reached its Maximum (see what I did there..?) practical design limit. The short little legs the 737 inherited from its original 737-100 have been optimised as far as possible, to the extent of adding eight inches to the nose leg.

Those fancy Leap 1B engines simply could not fit under the wing, so they moved forward and upward of the leading edge.

The nose-up pitch associated with an increase in thrust is now further exacerbated by the aerodynamic lift from the underside of the new, large cowlings.

In certain phases of manual flight, the stick forces required from the crew were out of certification limits, so Boeing added an auto-nose down component that was meant to work quietly in the background.

MCAS, (Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System), as it is named, has now become public enemy Number 1.

The only indication of this system in operation is the very-visible movement of the two large manual trim wheels in the flight deck. There is no form of auto-trim in the 737, so any movement of these wheels that is not originated by the crew is a sign of the ghostly, unseen MCAS awakening.

As we have our method in the Airbus for fixing an unintended control input, so

The key components of the Boeing 737 MAX trim controls.

does the MAX. Very similar to the original 737-100, there are two trim cut-out switches on the pedestal near the thrust levers, which if the condition is correctly diagnosed, will instantly disable the MCAS. As the intention is (obviously) that this system will help the crew, seeing the trim wheel movement while manually flying may well become familiar, so when excessive nose-down is encountered, it may be initially confusing until that massive control surface, the horizontal stabiliser, has been positioned such that it has over-powered the much smaller elevators.

Hitting the cut-out switches at that point means that while plummeting, the stabiliser has to be re-positioned manually by the crew cranking that trim wheel to nose-up.

Pretty lousy situation to be in‌ Had they used the cut-out switches immediately, and as per their training, the latest Max accident could have been averted.

Surely this must be pilot error?

Allow me to illustrate a few aspects that all get together and conspire against the safe conduct of each and every flight.

A week ago, I was called by our crew movement centre to please assist with an upcoming flight. No big deal. Due to the shortage of crew at my current employer, I was asked to operate this particular series

of flights from the right-hand seat (RHS), instead of the left seat Captain position.

As a Training Captain on the A320, I am right seat qualified to operate when training new Captains onto type. The company is not meant to take advantage of this dual qualification, but on further verification, crew movement had literally run out of available co-pilots.

I had done my annual RHS recurrency in the simulator in November, but had not operated there for a year. This introduced an element of unfamiliarity, but, again, no big deal. This was a latent threat (not immediately obvious) introduced through organisational error.

We were to fly to Harare and back, and then to Durban for a night stop.

However, our aircraft had gone technical, and we had to wait for another aircraft that was inbound. Our original aircraft was not immediately available due to lack of spares. Organisational error.

Harare just so happened to have the remnants of Cyclone Idai moving in from Mozambique, and the weather was steadily worsening, and our delay was not helping.

Environmental overt threat compounded by organisational error.

When we were preparing the aircraft for departure, we had to check the status

of the Operational Engineering Bulletins, which confirmed we had to contend with the Abnormal V Alpha Prot OEB, which is the problem mentioned previously of the aircraft deciding to head for the ground.

Aircraft system design threat.

Our destination weather was marginal, and our Notice To Airmen (NOTAMs) showed the ILS was awaiting calibration, which meant we could not legally use it, and had to plan for the less accurate VOR approach to Runway 05. There was no money to pay for the calibration, so the threat to airline operations was passed firmly to the pilots. Infrastructure overt threat, as a result of serious political instability.

Two fully qualified Captains in the same cockpit has historically proven problematic in terms of CRM. I put on my best pair of First Officer pants and got on with the task at hand. Organisational latent threat.

All went well, and as I had been nominated Pilot Flying, I set up and briefed on the approach. Our Standard Operating Procedure called for me to fly the approach, and the Captain to take over for the landing when the runway was in sight. As our vertical guidance was purely barometrically guided (no glideslope), the pressure changes on the final descent into the cyclone made for some interesting vertical corrections by

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the autopilot on final approach. Below 1000’ above ground level, I had to disconnect the autopilot and fly manually, while still solidly in the clag, to prevent the approach becoming unstable. Environmental threat.

This kept our parameters within tolerances, and exactly as the Airbus announced “minimum’, the runway lights appeared. The Captain decided that I should continue and land, as I physically had things in hand. My rusty right hand did a semiOK job of the last 300 feet, and a crosswind, rain drenched landing seemed to happen reasonably well with the wipers furiously flailing away.

As soon as the engineer disconnected, I commenced with my Pilot Monitoring (PM) checks. This included the non-standard switching of the radar and adjusting it to show what was lurking on our planned flight path. A short discussion ensued about the amount of yellow and red indicated, and we started the taxi.

While receiving our departure clearance from the tower, I did my customary ‘how goes it’ glance at the important stuff in the cockpit.

Oh crap. I had not selected any flap for take-off. Pilot Error.

The aircraft automatically records an

This down elevator input cannot even be countered with full back stick, as the aircraft thinks it’s stalling, and removes the side stick authority from the pilots.

Leg one completed, with all threats kept at bay. However, the demanding approach that we had just flown could be repeated if we had to return on the next leg with an emergency…which was discussed at length.

The Captain became Pilot Flying (PF) for the return, and as part of the briefing, we discussed use of the weather radar after start to take a look into our future in terms of planning our avoidance tactics.

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exceedance if taxi is commenced without flaps. This particular parameter has been highlighted by the Flight Data Analysis (FDA) specialists because many years ago a Boeing 738 managed to commence its takeoff roll with no flaps selected. That’s a story for another time…

The point of this all is that in 21 years of operating airliners, this was my first exceedance, as minor as it was. The

Before Take-off checklist and the Takeoff configuration test would have both caught the lapse, such is the belt-and-braces importance that is ascribed to this item. I had to send a ‘mea culpa’ email to our FDA specialist.

Had this been an absolutely normally crewed flight, would this have occurred?

Maybe not, but it does highlight the multiple interrelated layers that contribute to the outcome of each and every flight.

While we await the formal reports on both the Lion Air and the Ethiopian Max accidents, we need to spare a thought for the crews who would have done their absolute damndest within their trained capability to prevent the steadily deteriorating situation from turning into a disaster.

Organisational structure, crew experience, experience on type, airline technical competence and what would appear to be a significant design issue with the Max all conspired to bring these two aircraft down.

This particular event has surfaced previously with this aircraft type and has successfully been mitigated with the correct procedure by other crews.

It’s the other factors, including Boeing’s role, that need to be examined to determine what lead to these two manifestations of events that culminated in these tragic examples of pilot error. 

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BOEING 737 MAX SOFTWARE FIX On 25 March, Boeing and the FAA announced that they expect to finish a software and training update for the 737 MAX series of aircraft ‘shortly’. Boeing said it’s been working on the update since the crash of a Lion Air MAX 8 on 29 October 2018, but the crash of the Ethiopian MAX 8 prompted the FAA to issue an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Boeing to have a fix by April.

“WE’VE been working diligently and in close cooperation with the FAA on the software update,” a Boeing spokesman said Saturday in a statement. “We are taking a comprehensive and careful approach to design, develop and test the software that will ultimately lead to certification.”

Boeing has now confirmed the software fix will focus on the angle of attack sensors and their interaction with the Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which uses the horizontal stabiliser trim to lower the nose if data supplied by an angle of attack (AOA) indicator shows an imminent stall.

The MCAS currently gets data from only one of two AOAs. The fix makes both AOAs supply pitch data to the MCAS and a formerly optional disagreement warning on the pilots’ primary flight display (PFD) will become standard equipment.

The update will also limit the MCAS’s ability to keep pushing the nose over in defiance of manual inputs from the pilots.

The current system will relentlessly drive the jackscrew that increases the horizontal stabiliser’s incidence if the angle of attack is reported to be too high. The software update will only allow one jump of the tail position and trigger an alarm that tells the crew the MCAS has been activated.

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Pilot training will be part of the system updates as pilots need to be able to identify a trim runaway caused by the MCAS and know how to deal with it under stress. 

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The Loo at Riyan Riyan is the international airport of the historic port/town of Mukallah on the south coast of Yemen facing the Arabian Sea. It has a three thousand metre runway, a large apron, a control tower and a vestigial terminal building.

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PART from that, there is a lot of sand and the blue, fishrich waters of the Arabian Gulf. The wide coastal plain is dotted with date palm plantations which nestle around ancient mud brick villages. Beyond the plain the barren mountains rise to heights of more than eight thousand feet, driven up by the

Falaj system and consists of a series of wells connected by underground stone-arched tunnels. These tunnels were installed by the Persians some three thousand years ago and most of them still function to this day.

Further east, on the high barren plateau, according to Bedouin folklore, lie the blackened remains of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Apparently the people of

with their city. It is possible to pick out the vast patches of larva which covered the buildings. I have landed there and there is not a trace of human habitation remaining.

The only clue to the position of Gomorrah is that the larva flow which covers the site is shaped like a leaping gazelle. Lot’s wife is actually a pillar of rock in the Bedouin story. I have met her...she’s not really my type!

I was flying for a French seismic survey company. We were operating one of the icons of bush flying, the Pilatus Porter. There is a story that it was designed by a committee of six Swiss farmers who did not know what an aeroplane was supposed to look like. All they wanted was a means to convey hay up into the mountains so that they could keep the cattle up there for longer. So the most important characteristics of the aircraft was its ability to carry a ton of hay and to be able to land and take off in remote alpine meadows. Speed was not a requirement, which lead to the Porter’s reputation for being the only aircraft which suffered bird strikes from the rear.

Coincidentally these same qualities

I was flying for a French seismic survey company.

We were operating one of the icons of bush flying, the Pilatus Porter.

East African tectonic plate which is forcing its way under the southern coast of the Arabian subcontinent.

One extraordinary feature of the coastal landscape is the system by which fresh water is brought to the villages. It is known as the

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Gomorrah recanted from their decadent ways just before God destroyed the city and he allowed them to catch a herd of gazelles to keep them alive, where the recalcitrant inhabitants of Sodom were totally destroyed

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made it an ideal vehicle for supporting seismic survey teams in the more remote parts of Southern Yemen.

We had the heavy maintenance performed at what was technically known as a ‘Remote Maintenance Site’. This consisted of two forty foot and one twenty foot shipping container. One of the forty footers was air conditioned and housed the office and all the sensitive equipment like avionics and electrical equipment, together with all the technical logs and manuals.

There was a work bench equipped with a vice and a shadow board for all the tools.

The other forty footer contained spares which did not mind the high temperatures, sometimes in excess of fifty degrees Celsius in mid-summer, things like spare tyres, nuts and bolts and sheet metal. Incidentally that container was dehumidified because the Pilatus Porter is not built out of ‘Alclad’, a sandwich of aluminium alloy, coated between two layers of pure aluminium, for corrosion protection. The Swiss simply treated the sheet alloy with a Chrome Etch

paint in order to save weight. This reduced the corrosion resistance of the metal but in the salt-laden humidity of Riyan the only long term protection was the installation of a de-humidifier.

The smaller container was for ‘volatiles’ like hydraulic fluid, oil, paints and thinners, anything inflammable and it was placed one hundred metres away from the other containers, in case of fire.

The base was set up by a meticulous engineer called Tony Burgi, who had graduated to aircraft from making watches for the International Watch Company of Schaffhausen, one of the very finest watch makers in the world, so his attention to detail was irreproachable. Even so, the facility had to be certified by an inspector from the Swiss Civil Aviation Authority.

The inspector duly arrived, seemingly determined to find fault with Tony’s set-up, but after two hours, he could find no faults.

Tony had performed miracles. The only task he could not perform on the Porter was to overhaul an engine.

Finally, with some suppressed frustration the Inspector turned to Tony with a gleam in his eye.

“The Authority requires Toilet Facilities for those who work here. Where are your toilet facilities?”

“Oh,” Tony replied, “We use the facilities in the Airport.”

He did not mention that he used the toilet in the ‘VIP lounge’, a reasonably clean shed next to the Control Tower.

The Inspector chose rather to relieve himself in the as-yet unfinished new passenger terminal. The new urinals were indeed installed, but they were not actually plumbed in and so the Inspector’s ‘Relief’ went all over his shoes.

So that went in his report, “Toilet Facilities not up to The Authority’s requirements!” 

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Face to Face R eport : G uy L eitch

QATAR AND IATA’S

AKBAR AL BAKER ON THE STATE OF THE AFRICAN AIRLINE INDUSTRY

At the Aviation Africa summit held in March in Kigali Rwanda, Guy Leitch got some face to face time with Akbar Al Baker, the unabashedly controversial IATA chairman and CEO of embattled Qatar Airways.

GL: The last time we talked was in Durban when you launched Qatar’s 787 flights to that city. You spend a lot of time in Africa – yet it is less than 3% of the of the global airline industry. Why is Africa important to you?

AA-B: Africa is a promising land for aviation as, despite a population estimated at 1.2 billion in 2018, and an expected GDP growth rate of 4% in 2019-2020, Africa remains an under-served market by the airline industry. Although Africa makes up 16% of the world’s population, it only captures approximately 2.5 % of the world’s total number of air travellers. And despite an average GDP growth of 4% in the past five years, only 1.6% of the global freight tonnage was carried through Africa in 2017.

So are you aiming to unlock Africa’s untapped potential?

The African Union Agenda 2063 is a good example of an ambitious project to reposition Africa globally. But 2063 is too far away. I am sure that you can do that far sooner. For that potential to be realised, we need to turn the page on the old culture of protected hubs, which has produced

years of weak aviation infrastructure, high airfares and poor global connectivity. Going forward, we will need to support the successful implementation of regional initiatives that aim to improve Africa’s position in the areas of economic integration, trade, human capital, air connectivity, and tourism development.

Speaking of partnerships, you have been known to take minority stakes in airlines.

If South African Airways was turned around would you be prepared to take a 25% stake in it?

Yes. Even with the government as a controlling and possibly interfering shareholder?

Yes – but with minority protection safeguards.

We are comfortable with many of our stakes in small airlines – we even own a 5% stake in China southern Airlines. We also have a 49% stake in Meridiana, a 20% stake in the International Airlines Group (IAG), a 10% stake in LATAM, and 10% stake in Cathay Pacific. So we would be prepared to invest in SAA.

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Shortly after your appointment as Chairman of IATA you were reported as saying that a woman could never be CEO of your airline. Do you still hold those views?

From an airline industry perspective, we need to support African airlines and aviation professionals to meet the challenges of tomorrow. For example, the creation of education and training programmes to ensure a wider and more effective representation of women in technical fields, management and leadership roles within the airline industry is fundamental. I am very glad that RwandAir has a female CEO. I am very proud to say that 47% of the 47000 employees in our group are women.

What about Africa’s wildlife? – does Qatar Airways have a policy against transporting endangered species?

As an industry, we should put our best efforts to promote the protection of wildlife and join the global fight against human trafficking, always in partnership with stakeholders across the supply chain and local enforcement authorities.

expertise in the areas of safety, security, and facilitation. Through partnerships with ICAO and other regional organisations, Africa can make concrete steps towards the improvement of competencies for its aviation professionals at home.

Thirdly, ongoing collaboration with the military for the enhancement of air corridors for civil aircraft is also important.

Sound air traffic management practices and reliable airspace for operations can only benefit the industry and its customers in the long-run.

Fourthly, governments should leave behind protectionist approaches to regulating aviation and embrace liberalisation. There is plenty of evidence that when liberal policies are adopted, countries benefit from improved connectivity and the positive impact it has on

The state-owned African airlines are almost all loss making.

Is this sustainable – or fair to private sector competitors?

A long-term concern for sustainability should drive any future government initiatives related to aviation. As stated in the Doha Declaration that was released during the Qatar Aviation Aeropolitical and Regulatory Summit 2019, governments should enhance the sustainability of the aviation sector in its broadest meaning.

I invite decision-makers, policymakers and the industry to embrace the principles of the Doha Declaration in that regard.

You have come to Kigali to talk about airliner hub development.

Is this a problem for Africa?

The future of African aviation should no longer lie in the hands of a few airlines or protected hubs. We all know that the old model of vested interests has not produced good results Qatar Airways routes around the blockade echo South Africa's 'round the bulge' flights. for Africa or anywhere else. So how can we ensure Africa’s potential is achieved? I believe there are a few trade, tourism and employment. A small country like Qatar has 35 key ways: million passengers – down from 38 million pre-blockade – but you First of all, nothing great was ever built in isolation. When can see what potential aviation has when 4.9% of my country’s GDP industries, communities and governments work together, we can is contributed by just one airline. When liberal policies are adopted achieve greater results. This requires trust, determination and good countries benefit from trade and tourism and the further benefit it will from all stakeholders. Regional development is dependent on has on unemployment. With the pan-African vision embraced by cooperation, whether through government collaboration such as the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), the day will the African Union, people-to-people exchanges through travel, or come when Africa starts negotiating Comprehensive Air Transport economic partnerships such as joint ventures.

Agreements with other countries and economic blocs, similar to Secondly, we should all continue to work with ICAO to uphold what the state of Qatar has gone through with the European Union. global standards in aviation and improve levels of technical

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In an under-served market of 1.2 billion people, the pie is big enough for everyone, so there is no reason to be concerned about competition.

Fifthly, and in line with a pan-African vision, there is a need to consolidate the purchasing power for aircraft, as well as maintenance, catering and other services.

For example, establishing joint MROs is one area where consolidation would greatly benefit the African Aviation industry and create thousands of jobs. Joining forces to obtain better prices from suppliers will have a direct positive effect on the bottom line and long-term profitability. Qatar Airways is doing exactly that and I am proud to say that the major aircraft suppliers are terrified to negotiate with Qatar Airways. We can always squeeze the last drop out of a stone.

The African airline industry is very fragmented – can it ever consolidate and work together?

The industry seems to be developing a shared vision based on liberalization, which will set the framework for a successful future in aviation for Africans,

by Africans. But for these ideas to flourish and provide benefits to Africa, we also need to take a closer look at the current market environment which is dominated by a few airlines and protected hubs.

As I have said, when compared to the global aviation industry, Africa represents only 3.1% of total passenger movements and just under 4% of total revenues. In 2018, approximately 127 million passengers were carried to, from and within Africa, generating almost 34 billion US dollars in revenue. 75% of these passengers originated or ended their journey outside Africa, and interestingly accounted for 85% of the total revenues. This means intra-African air services currently only contribute to 15% of the total industry revenue.

If we look deeper into the data, some other interesting revelations appear. The global aviation industry is currently offering over 113 million available seats as a result of more than 5,000 weekly frequencies to and from Africa. When reviewing operations from an alliance perspective, we discovered that Star Alliance carriers account for 22% of the total available seats in the market, followed by Sky Team with 14% and Oneworld with a minor 6%.

From an African airline perspective, 10 airlines operating to and from a total of eight hubs in the continent have captured over 80% of the intercontinental market, both in terms of passenger movement and

revenues. So the dominant airlines are taking the smaller African carriers to the cleaners.

Moving to the topic of airports, similar concentrations of capacity appear. Of the approximately 32 international airports in Africa, 10 airports in seven countries account for 49% of total seat capacity and 50% of the total revenues of the entire aviation market to and from Africa. When compared to intra-Africa air services, the data is very similar, with only 10 airports accounting for 56% of total inter Africa seat capacity and 55% of the revenues.

Given these figures, I think it is time to consider how Africa’s aviation market is positioned in order to maximize its full potential. Now is the time to promote longterm global connectivity at lower air fares and cargo rates.

So what needs to be done to make the African airline industry more globally competitive?

For Africa’s full aviation potential to materialise, a decisive shift in the current hubbing dynamics is needed. This shift will be based on the emergence of mediumsized airlines in under-served markets. The shift will also encourage the development of medium-sized super-connecting hubs adopting the latest airport technologies to ensure the best passenger experience and the highest levels of efficiency in operations.

The proposed shift will complement the implementation of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) initiative and ensure Africa’s global leadership in aviation for years to come. Global connectivity brings opportunities and prosperity to communities and countries whose potential has been overlooked for too long.

Speaking now as the CEO of Qatar Airways – what are your plans for Africa?

Qatar Airways’ commitment to the African continent is undeniable. We currently operate passenger services to 21 destinations in 15 countries. Africa is our next growth market. We also operate allcargo services to seven countries across the continent, carrying African agricultural products and other African imports to Qatar and beyond.

How has the political blockade affected your African plans?

Due to the unjust blockade against Qatar, we have had to suspend some planned new destinations especially in West and Central Africa. This highlights how the illegal blockade has not only impacted my

country, but also other countries, especially in Africa. But we are very inventive – we will always find a back door to achieve our aims. The additional flight hours required to fly around the blockaded air space has meant some of these operations are no longer commercially viable. However, we continue to explore alternative routes and potential partnerships that may make these routes economically viable.

While on this topic, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our African partners for their support in responding to this illegal blockade. In particular their support and commitment to the principles of international law and the advancement of good governance.

At the upcoming ICAO convention in Montreal in September we should all reaffirm our commitment to the principles of the Chicago Convention. We should relieve ICAO from the bonds of being politicised so the blockading states should in my opinion never be allowed to be members of the ICAO council.

What is your future strategy for working with the African airline industry?

Qatar Airways sees great opportunities in operating to under-served markets here in Africa. However, we also know that there are mutual benefits to be gained by such operations, and as such we seek collaboration with local aviation partners and governments to develop these services.

We are not interested in increasing the number of protected hubs or contributing to the wealth of their alliance partners. Our vision is about freedom, collaboration and long-term sustainable investments in local infrastructure, human capital, and capacitybuilding. We believe in Africa’s aviation potential and we are ready to offer you a solid and long-term partnership with this great continent.

Our strategy is based on the following principles: The support of the Single African Air Transport Market. A continuous improvement in safety and security standards.

Regulatory and policy harmonisation.

Optimised aviation infrastructure.

Human capacity development, and multi-sector and multistakeholder collaboration. A shift towards a new hubbing dynamic in Africa will also put many emerging African capitals on the global map of aviation. Just imagine what the whole aviation sector can do for African economies. 

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THE 2019 AMMUNITION CAPABILITY DEMO The SAAF supplied Gripens, Hawks and a Rooivalk to launch rocket salvos.

Every four years Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) puts on a massive, no expenses spared, demonstration of its ammunition capability in the Ammunition Capability Demo (ACD).

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heinmetall Denel is jointly owned by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH (51%) of Germany and Denel.

The demo gathers many of the company’s customers and potential customers to witness the full range of products of the company and, in part, also the other ammunition produced by the German defence group.

The demo took place at the Overberg Test Range near Arniston. This year’s event followed closely after the SA National Defence Force’s even larger Armed Forces Day demonstrations and night shoots in Cape Town.

The SANDF display is about showing off the SA military’s capability to taxpayers. In contrast the ACD display is about marketing and sales orders. It is expected that just one order for RDM’s ammunition, missiles and bombs would more then cover the huge costs of the 2019 demo.

Military procurement specialists from 52 countries made the journey to South Africa and then on by bus to the remote Overberg Test Range near Cape Agulhas.

More than 800 delegates attended a series of seminars, visited the stands, and watched the night firing demonstration on 19 March and the day firing demonstration on 20 March.

A key development for the 2019 Demo was that it was done in conjunction with the SANDF, who supplied 400 troops plus artillery and aircraft to demonstrate the armaments. Although the SA Army provided most of the personnel and assets, the Air Force provided two Gripen and two Hawks, a Rooivalk helicopter and a Navy Super Lynx. SA Navy crew operated the very impressive 76/62 mm Oto Melar guns that allowed RDM to demonstrate its capabilities in the naval market.

In his proudly South African themed address, the Chief of the Army LieutenantGeneral Lindile Yam said the weapons had all been developed alongside the men and women who used them in conflict zones.

“We see scientists, we see engineers, we see major researchers, but it is the soldiers who give us the feedback to the brains at Rheinmetall Denel.”

RDM manufactures products such as artillery ammunition, mortar bombs, rockets and missile sub-systems. RDM is one of the most successful of the Denel group of companies and has shown what can be accomplished in the international defence

Hitting the actual targets seemed secondary.

A cannon shell filled with flechettes.

Chief of the Army, LieutenantGeneral Lindile Yam.

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Party trick is this Canadian 8-wheeled vehicle which follows troops to carry their kit - or in this case launch rockets.

arena though well managed partnerships.

RDM’s South African Head of Business Development and Sales, Thomas Potgieter, says it’s a fast growing employer, starting with 400 workers in 2008 and growing to a staff complement of over 2,500 at present.

The company has factories at four sites: in Somerset West, Wellington, Boskop, outside Potchefstroom and Boksburg.

Arms manufactured in South Africa are used in several war zones, including Yemen.

Potgieter was therefore at pains to point out that RDM adhered to strict international standards which control the countries to which they are allowed to sell.

“The ACD, which is being held for the third time, is our most important marketing event,” RDM CEO Norbert Schulze said. The company pulled out all the stops for the 800 guests. Two massive marquees were rigged and all the surrounding towns – as far afield as Bredasdorp were filled to accommodate the more than 1000 guests and support staff. Most impressively, the organisation adapted seamlessly to accommodate the rain that forced a rescheduling of Day 2’s programme.

“This is the event that allows us to show our customers that we are producing high quality products, which can be considered at the same level of those produced by Rheinmetall,” he explains. “The 53 nations

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Arms buyers from 53 countries attended.

present here at Overberg represent our customers and our potential customers,” Schulze said that the main geographical areas targeted by his company are: “Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Today South Africa covers only 15% of our revenues, the remaining 85% comes from export.”

ACD 2019 was not limited to RDM’s products as other systems were demonstrated, such as Rheinmetall Weapons and Munitions pyrotechnics, plus precision guided munition kits by Barij

Dynamics of the UAE, a company to which RDM provides Mk-series bombs. A neat party trick came from Rheinmetall Canada who supplied a Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle. These are 8-wheeled battery powered vehicles that automatically follow ground troops to carry their equipment and supplies. They are also ideal for carrying casualties and thus evacuating downed and injured pilots. 

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Briefing T ext : G uy L eitch

THE AFRICAN AIRLINE INDUSTRY THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR TRANSPORT

In t his series of B riefings , Guy Leitch explores t he role and cont ribut ion of t he air t ranspor t connect ivit y provided by t he African airline indust r y and specific aspect s of interest and impor tance. By so doing it is hoped t hat t hose student s of Aviat ion in Africa will be able to enhance t heir understanding of t he role of aviat ion in Africa .

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LOBALLY the aviation industry directly supports $2.7 trillion (3.5%) of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP).

The world’s airlines carry over three billion passengers a year and 50 million tonnes of freight.

Providing these services generates 9.9 million direct jobs within the air transport industry and contributes $664.4 billion to global GDP. Of this supported growth, $664.4 billion comes in the form of benefits accruing directly to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Compared with the GDP contribution of other sectors, the global air transport industry is larger than the automotive industry, which accounts for 1.2% of global GDP and chemicals manufacturing (2.1%).

INDIRECT IMPACT An IATA study by ATAG calculates that aviation has a $761.4 billion indirect GDP impact. Indirect impacts include employment and activities of suppliers to the air transport industry – for example, aviation fuel suppliers; construction companies that

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build airports and infrastructure; suppliers of aircraft sub-components; manufacturers of goods sold in airport retail outlets; and a wide variety of activities in the business services sector (such as call centres, information technology and accountancy).

The aviation sector is more than half the size of the global financial services industry, which accounts for 6.2% of GDP. If air transport were a country, its GDP would rank it 21st in the world, similar to that of Switzerland or Sweden.

INDUCED GDP In the same study ATAG calculates that aviation contributes $355 billion in “induced

GDP”. This is defined as the spending of those directly or indirectly employed in the air transport sector. This supports jobs in industries such as retail outlets, companies producing consumer goods and a range of service industries (such as banks and restaurants).

This is then the global impact of induced GDP created by employees in the air transport industry (whether direct or indirect) using their income to purchase goods and services for their own consumption.

TOURISM The connectivity provided by international air transport facilitates the fast-growing global tourism industry. It is estimated that over half of international tourists travel to their destination by air.

Tourism makes a major contribution to the global economy. It directly contributed $2.2 trillion to world GDP (almost 10% of the global economy) in 2015 and provided over 108 million jobs globally. By 2024, the World Travel & Tourism Council expects direct employment in the tourism industry to be more than 126 million people globally.

Tourism is fast becoming the world’s largest industry and air transport plays

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a very important role in supporting this sector. Over 54% of international tourists now travel by air. ATAG says conservative analysis suggests that aviation supports $892.4 billion in economic activity within the tourism industry.

When looking at the jobs and GDP supported through the indirect and induced impacts of tourism, the figures are significantly higher at 285 million jobs (8.7% of employment) and $7.2 trillion, or 9.8% of the global economy. By 2026, tourism could support some 370 million jobs and $11 trillion in GDP. Tourism is particularly important in many developing countries, where it is a key part of economic development strategies. The World Travel & Tourism Council report for Africa says that an estimated 5.8 million people are employed in areas supported by the steady influx of overseas visitors, most of whom arrive in the region by air, and contributed almost U$ 50 billion to GDP in African economies in 2018. Including direct, indirect, and induced effects, air transport supports 36 million jobs within tourism, contributing around $892 billion a year to world GDP. The Direct contribution of air transport to tourism employment and GDP is 15.9 million direct jobs estimated to be supported by the spending of foreign visitors arriving by air. This includes jobs in industries such as hotels, restaurants, visitor attractions, local transport and car rental, but excludes air transport industry jobs.

The Indirect contribution of air transport to tourism employment and GDP is a further 13.4 million indirect jobs in industries supplying the tourism industry are supported by visitors arriving by air.

The Induced contribution comes from these direct and indirect tourism jobs which generate a further 7 million jobs in other parts of the economy, through employees spending their earnings on other goods and services.

Including direct, indirect, and induced effects, air transport supports 36 million jobs within tourism, contributing around $892 billion a year to world GDP. It is therefore clear that African governments in particular, must focus on developing the attractiveness of their countries as tourist destinations.

Although many African governments invest in promoting tourism, there are many easy to remove obstructions such as difficult visa applications, high taxes on arriving or departing tourists and a lack of regional co-operation. There are signs of improvement in these areas, with some Regional Economic Communities (RECs) like ECOWAS and UMA discussing ways they can make travel to and within their regions simpler. Europe, with a single Schengen visa, is a good example of regional thinking.

Open-skies from reducing bi-lateral air transport agreements has proven to be a real driver of travel, tourism and the economic benefits that can bring. This allows airlines to start services without having to go through lengthy government-to-government negotiations for every new route or airline.

Finally, the World Travel and Tourism Council says that nation states should ensure that they regularly review the capacity of their airport and air traffic infrastructure versus projected demand. This will ensure that aviation can continue to support tourism development and deliver wider economic benefits. 

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AVIATION AFRICA SUMMIT The Aviation Africa Summit and Expo has rapidly grown to become the prime airline industry event in Africa. This year it returned to Rwanda’s Kigali, following its initial success there in 2017.

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NDER the theme ‘Flying forward together developing partnerships for Africa’s future skies’ the two day summit and exhibition brought together leaders across the civil and military aviation spectrum to discuss key issues driving change across the African airline industry.

Indicative of the level of support this event receives is that it was once again hosted by the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and a keynote speaker was the ever-controversial Akbar Al Baker, who wore both his hats – as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors and as CEO of Qatar Airways.

Referring to the blockade on his home state and airline, Al Baker delivered a nopunches-pulled diatribe about political interference in airlines. Al Baker criticised the United States’ carriers for the protection they are insisting on against the ‘superconnectors – especially the Middle East-3.

He also took the opportunity to outline how Africa should be developing its own airline hubs.

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RwandAir's Yvonne Manzi Makolo in deep conversation with Qatar CEO and IATA Chair Akbar Al Baker.

President Kagame was Chairperson of the African Union in 2018 when the agreement for the introduction of the latest version of the Yamoussoukro Declaration and Decisions – the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) which was signed by 24 African nations. “Sixteen countries in Africa are landlocked, including Rwanda – that is almost one-third of Africa - but every country is air-linked. So, geography should not be seen as an excuse for underdevelopment. This highlights the importance of regional integration where there have been some notable achievements over the past year, chief among these is the Single African Air Transport Market,” said Kagame. “However, the full promise of this pact only becomes apparent in the wider context of the African Continental Free Trade Area, and the Protocol of the Free Movement of Persons which were also signed last year. It is therefore important to attract more countries to join the Single African Air Transport Market, and to fully implement its provisions.”

Kagame added that protectionism is a short-sighted policy, which only serves to keep the African market fragmented, inefficient, and expensive - thereby reducing opportunities for African business entrepreneurs. Following on from this, a key issue of the conference was yet again the need for liberalisation, particularly the implementation of the SAATM. With the SAATM ‘Open Skies’ agreement now in place, the conference aimed to help aviation policymakers implement the agreement.

Notable at the conference was the attendance of numerous airline CEOs and Directors from key associations such as, ICAO, IATA, various regulators. Although small by world standards, the African airline industry is expected to need more than 1000 new aircraft with a value exceeding U$150 billion dollars. “That means there will be many more high-quality jobs for African pilots, engineers, and service personnel, to operate and maintain this equipment professionally, and above all, safely,” said Kagame.

Airbus’s Hadi Akoum, VP of Sales for Sub-Sahara Africa said, “With urbanisation, population growth and economic expansion, Africa’s air travel market is doubling in size every 15 years, making it one of the fastest expanding markets. When one takes a broader view, aerospace in Africa also presents significant opportunities for industrial, social, knowledgebased and entrepreneurial partnerships that are essential to sustainable development.”

Something different was the presentation and then round table participation by aspirant astronaut Dr Adriana Marais, one of the 100 people short-listed for a one way flight to Mars to establish a human habitation colony on our nearest planet.

Perhaps surprisingly, one the weakest presentations came from one for which much was expected. Australian search and rescue (SAR) expert Brian Day has been involved in developing SAR policies in Africa and the Middle East.

However he positioned himself as a Cassandra, warning about the lack of co-operation between African states on S&R. Given that airline safety has improved almost 500% in the past five years and that governments have more pressing needs than doomsday S&R scenarios, his increasingly strident warnings fell largely on deaf ears and he overstayed his time and welcome.

In contrast, an unexpected highlight for delegates was the opportunity to visit the Zipline drone operation about 80 km west of Kigali. Zipline is leading the way in drone operations,

using fixed wing autonomous drones to deliver medical supplies in Rwanda and now in Ghana. The active support of the Rwandan regulator in this regard was key to the launch of this life saving service. At the summit there was also be a panel discussion looking at unmanned opportunities with Airbus, Dronamics, Rolls Royce and the FAA. The role of defence received special attention this year.

General Charles Karamba of the Rwandan Defence Force presented a talk on challenges and successes. Carlo Gagiano, former Chief of the South African Air Force and now board member of Paramount Group talked on how collaboration, building capacity, strengthening the industrial capacity and establishing national defence industries could benefit Africa’s value chain.

At Kigali Airport Gulfstream displayed a G500 and G280.

Gulfstream’s African representative Marc Strange reported that they were very pleased with the expo as it enabled them to demonstrate the aircraft to a highly qualified and select market.

The expo had almost 100 exhibitors including Gulfstream and Airbus, but notably was marked by the absence of Boeing who featured just a small and empty stand.

Indicative of the level of support this event receives is that it was once again hosted by the Rwandan President Paul Kagame and a keynote speaker was the ever-controversial Akbar Al Baker, who wore both his hats – as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors and as CEO of Qatar Airways.

Summarising, Akbar Al Baker said, “Africa is a promising land for aviation. The launch of SAATM in January 2018 and the African Continental Free-trade Area in March of 2018 are testament of Africa’s visionary leadership and longterm thinking in aviation. Going forward, we need to support the successful implementations of regional initiatives that aim to improve Africa’s position in the areas of integration, trade, human capital, air connectivity, and tourism. I don’t think there is any continent in the world that has bigger tourism potential growth than Africa.” 

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YOU GET THE DISASTER RESPONSE READINESS FOR WHICH YOU PAY The recent flooding in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe caused by Cyclone Idai has been catastrophic, killing hundreds and stranding thousands more in trees, on rooftops, or any other high ground they could find while desperately awaiting rescue.

A SAAF AW109 working with the World Food Program in Mozambique.

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A SAAF Oryx over the Mozambican flood.

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NTIRE towns, including many around the city of Beira, were washed away and destroyed.

Mozambique’s government, overwhelmed by the scale of the disaster, asked for international assistance to rescue those stranded and to transport food, medicine, and other essentials to where they were needed.

In response, the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) immediately swung into action, sending helicopters, medical personnel, and other specialists across the border.

For many this echoed a similar disaster nearly twenty years ago, when South African Air Force (SAAF) helicopters rescued over 14,500 people from rooftops and trees after the devastating Mozambican floods of 2000.

However, whereas that response included nearly a dozen Oryx, BK117 and Alouette III helicopters, numerous transport aircraft and light aircraft in the spotting role, this time around the SAAF has only been able

to contribute one Oryx, one A109, and a single light transport. There simply are no further spare aircraft available, with all other operational Oryxes, A109s, BK117s, C-130s, C-212s, etc already committed to other tasks such as standby for internal operations (firefighting, search and rescue, etc), peacekeeping, or training.

This should not be seen as criticism of the SANDF’s operational personnel who, as in 2000, have been performing heroically in extremely difficult situations and have already saved hundreds of lives, despite having so few resources. They are not the problem. Instead, what needs to be understood is that the huge difference between South Africa’s ability to help in 2000 and in 2019 is the natural result of a long-term decline in operational funding and therefore should not have come as a surprise to anyone.

Having the spare capability in both aircraft and personnel to deploy a dozen or more helicopters and transport planes at short notice for natural disasters will require spending substantially more on the Air Force than South Africa does now. It’s naive

for the public to expect that the Air Force can maintain the same levels of capability and readiness on an ever-declining budget.

When the subject of the SANDF’s capability issues comes up, there are often those who ask how much truly results from underfunding and how much is actually the result of mismanagement and bad planning.

Some commentators have gone further and claimed that there really isn’t a funding crisis at all, only a military that has too many personnel and facilities.

These are valid questions, as the present situation is not caused by underfunding only. The SANDF is top heavy, especially in administrative and supporting units, has a large number of expensive and under-utilised bases, and it has too many uniformed personnel for its budget to be able to support.

However, it’s crucial to understand that the SANDF has no direct control over its mandate, and it’s the mandate which determines personnel numbers, base positioning, and overall structure.

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the 1998 and 2015 Defence Reviews, and has actually increased in scope over the years.

Of course the SAAF would be able to provide more rescue helicopters within its current budget if it could close most of its bases, retrenching the personnel who maintain them, and retire all combat aircraft. But that would require a new mandate and defence policy from the country’s civilian executive and legislative leadership, explicitly stating that the SAAF no longer needed to perform any combat roles and that the obvious consequences that would result are acceptable.

Therefore, given that the SAAF’s mandate has specified the aircraft types it must have operational and the number of bases it must keep running, the question comes down to whether mismanagement is the root cause. The answer is no: While bad leadership, corruption, poor staffing decisions, and the overzealous application of transformation in some areas have all led to clear inefficiencies, they’re all dwarfed by the impact of a declining operational budget in real terms. This has been shown again and again by both internal and external audits and other studies the SAAF has undertaken to try to squeeze the last drop out of its funding.

In 1999/2000, the SAAF’s budget (excluding capital acquisitions) was between 10-20% higher in pure inflation-adjusted terms, yet over the years its actual input costs have more than doubled.

Fixed costs have become a lot more expensive. Partially as a result of aboveinflation salary increases, driven by both the unlinking of rank to pay in order to normalise the wages of lower ranks and the need to apply occupation-specific salaries competitive with the private sector for high-skill personnel like pilots, air traffic controllers, and specialist ground crew.

Partially as a result of the much higher costs of utilities like electricity and water at bases and other facilities.

Variable costs though have skyrocketed mostly as a result of the declining value of the Rand compared to the US dollar and Euro. During the 2000 flood rescues, Jet A1 cost around R5.50 in inflation-adjusted

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terms, today it costs more than double that.

Spare parts for aircraft, which are usually priced in US dollars, have become twice as expensive as the Rand has lost more than half its value since 2000. So the main direct costs in flying hours, being spare parts and fuel, are now twice as expensive in real terms for the SAAF than they were in 2000, yet the SAAF has a 10-20% lower budget in real terms with which to buy them.

It’s unsurprising then that the budgeted flying hours for the SAAF have declined from over 35,000 in 1999/2000 to just 12,700 now, while the number of aircraft in operational service has remained more or less constant. Little wonder that an Air Force that is now allocated fewer total force preparation flying hours in 2019 than its helicopter fleet alone was allocated in 2000 is unable to meet the same levels of crew training and aircraft availability.

What this means in practice is that because the SAAF does not receive nearly enough operational funding to sustain its fleet size, mission set, and mandate, it has reduced the only thing it has real control over: Mission capable rates.

When a typical properly-funded air force achieves 70-80% mission capable rates, it does so by building up a large surplus in both personnel and parts.

Complex modelling is run to ensure that at any given time there will be enough air and ground crew, current with their training on all mission types, available to the front line to make up for those who have left or who are on courses, ill, or otherwise unavailable.

Similarly, spare part supply planning systems can tell you just how many items of each spare part you need to have acquired ahead of time and kept in stock to account for fleet size, usage and failure rates, and order lead times.

Because the SAAF has effectively only received half as much funding as it needs for both aircrew training and part acquisition, it has implemented austerity measures that limit the number of fully qualified aircrew available on any given day to just the number needed to fulfil its basic mandate, along with a larger pool of qualified-butnot-current aircrew able to muster in should there be a need. It has also been forced to

run down its inventory of spare parts to virtually nothing, acquiring all needed parts on demand as and when they’re needed. Not only is this more expensive per item than being able to acquire those same parts in bulk, but the lead time for certain parts can be months-long during which the aircraft waiting for the part is grounded. In many of those cases the SAAF has cannibalised the parts from other aircraft awaiting maintenance, just to meet mission needs, but that’s an unsustainable practice over the long-term.

The country’s inability to respond as effectively as before to Mozambique’s floods should ideally be an inflection point for the SAAF. We either decide as a country that we want to be able to react to unexpected situations and disasters with a large number of readily available aircraft, as was done with the Oceanos rescue in 1991, or in Mozambique in 2000, and that we’re willing to reduce the budgets of other departments to pay for it, or we accept that we simply cannot perform those types of missions any more. There’s no silver bullet solution here, all options have significant monetary, social, economic, and strategic implications and trade-offs.

Nor does the answer have to be more spending. Given South Africa’s current issues, it’s both acceptable and justifiable to insist that the defence budget remain low and that the SANDF downscales its size and capabilities. But then we don’t get to be upset when it can only send a single Oryx to rescue all of central Mozambique. 

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Oshkosh

Join the annual South African camping tour to the World’s Greatest Aviation Event TOUR A EMIRATES Tour departs Friday 19th July and arrives in Oshkosh on Saturday 20th July. Pax have Sunday to recover from flight and watch the mass aircraft arrivals before the show starts on Monday 22nd July.

We depart Oshkosh Sunday 28th July and arrive back in Johannesburg at 0500 on Tuesday 30th July. Tour price includes airfares ex Johannesburg, airport taxes, transfers between Chicago and Oshkosh, EAA camping fees, accommodation in tent with camping stretcher and sleeping bag, breakfasts, commemorative tour cap and T Shirt and use of our campsite facilities.

Tour Price Single R29 850* Sharing R28 450* TOUR B KLM Tour departs Friday 19th July and arrives in Oshkosh on Saturday 20th July. Pax have Sunday to recover from flight and watch the mass aircraft arrivals before the show starts on Monday 22nd July.

We depart Oshkosh Sunday 28th July and arrive back in Johannesburg at 21h00 on Monday 29th July. Tour price includes airfares ex Johannesburg, airport taxes, transfers between Chicago and Oshkosh, EAA camping fees, accom-

modation in tent with camping stretcher and sleeping bag, breakfasts, commemorative tour cap and T Shirt and use of our campsite facilities.

Tour Price Single R32 550* Sharing R31 150* Breakaways Breakaways can be arranged for those wanting to stay longer in the USA, either before Oshkosh (KLM only) or after Oshkosh.

TOUR C “JOIN IN THE USA” This tour option is for those who want to join the tour in Chicago. Our private coach will depart Terminal 5, O’Hare International, Chicago on Saturday 20th July at about 15h00 (depending on arrival time of Tour A and B flights). The coach will return to O’Hare on Sunday 28th July at about 13h00. Tour price includes transfers between Chicago and Oshkosh, EAA camping fees, accommodation in tent with camping stretcher and sleeping bag, breakfasts, commemorative tour cap and T Shirt and use of our campsite facilities.

Tour Price Single R9 850* Sharing R8 450*

Contact Neil: Cell 084 674 5674 | neil1@telkomsa.net | www.airadventure.co.za

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The ruins of the Matsieng Flying Club house and air show control tower.

News W ords : G uy L eitch

PILOT ATTACKS FLYING CLUB WITH KING AIR After an altercation with his wife at a party, a pilot stole a King Air 200 and after a few flypasts, deliberately crashed it into the Matsieng Flying Club outside Gaborone.

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HE Matsieng Flying Club is the home of the hugely popular Botswana Air show and has a control tower attached to the club house specially built by the De Wet family who own the airfield and have done a huge amount to develop general aviation in Botswana.

On Saturday afternoon 23 March the clubhouse was being used to host a baby shower when a dispute flared up between the pilot, Charl Viljoen, and his wife. It is alleged that Viljoen was told to leave the party after he had assaulted his wife.

Viljoen travelled back to Gaborone’s Sir Seretse Khama Airport and took a King Air 200 belonging to Majestic Air without permission. He had reportedly already consumed a few beers. After doing a number of low passes he phoned Jan de Wet at the party and asked if his wife was still there. Sensing that the pilot may be suicidal and that there was risk to the whole party, Jan de Wet insisted everyone evacuate the club house as fast as possible. This was prescient as Viljoen then flew the King Air into the club house, which had by then been evacuated.

Other than the deceased pilot Charl Viljoen, the only casualty was Amanda De Wet who received second degree burns on her back when a gas bottle exploded. The Club facility and Matsieng ATC tower were destroyed and the resulting fire destroyed 13 vehicles. ďƒź

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A propellor from the crashed King Air embedded on a gate to the flying club.

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Fly-Ins

THE ULTIMATE NAMIBIAN FLY-IN The Fifth Annual Uis Fly-In is set for the 30 May to 2 June 2019.

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ACH year the Uis FlyIn attracts both local and international pilots in a spectacular array of aircraft. Located in the lee of the magnificent Brandberg Mountain, Uis is arguably one of the most unusual settings for an aviation event in the world.

Pilots, aviation enthusiasts, aviation photographers, desert lovers and adventurers are invited to enjoy the spectacle of aircraft roaring through the Namibian skies. Navigation rallies, spot landings, timed circuits, aerobatics, sky diving and an array of other escapades are planned for the weekend.

Pilots and their passengers can expect true Namibian hospitality with a choice of accommodation and catering options.

A dedicated person has been appointed to handle the clearances for all non-Namibian aircraft. Contact Henk Koster oomgaljoen@swakop.com for more information or visit the Uis FlyIn Facebook page @uisflyin. For group departures out of Johannesburg contact jay@skyhawkphotography.com.

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Similarly, the simulator sessions were instructed by experienced South African airline pilots with a genuine passion for the work they do. Their enthusiasm and professionalism were infectious and I completed the course feeling entirely confident that I was ready to operate commercially with a high level of expertise and professionalism” Garth Greyling

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