In October’s column I explored the benefits of learning to fly. How it is a discipline that improves your cognitive abilities, and how learning such skills and literally broadening your horizons has benefits that go far beyond just being able to safely pilot a light aircraft.
I CATALOGUED NOT JUST HOW this is something that is confirmed by scientific research, but has been adopted by corporations such as EPI-USE, a large software multinational, as a means to make their budding CEOs into better CEOs.
There are even unexpected benefits: after reading last month’s article, EPI-USE partner in Boston USA quipped in an email to me that he took great pleasure in informing his wife that his brain is now bigger than the average!
This is great news for the aviation training industry if this trend expands to other corporates. So I polled a few aviation training organisations to get some general ideas about the challenges and prospects facing ATOs in South Africa. There are many challenges, yet training is nevertheless faring reasonably well, taking into consideration the economic conditions and the high costs of fuel and maintenance.
One issue which is a matter of great concern in the Cape area is the inability of ATNS to provide services due to staffing shortages. This has resulted in NOTAMs being issued to periodically ban VFR and training flights in controlled airspaces in the Cape Town region.
この記事は SA Flyer Magazine の November 2023 版に掲載されています。
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この記事は SA Flyer Magazine の November 2023 版に掲載されています。
7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、8,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。
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SACRIFICE
John continues his anecdotes about the sacrifices he has had to make in the course of his helicopter bush flying career.
KENYA - SAA PARTNERSHIP DELAY
KENYA AIRWAYS AND South African Airways announced the establishment of a highly anticipated Pan-African Airline Group three years ago.
TO PARIS FOR LUNCH
One morning I arrived back at Lanseria from a two day charter to a dreary Northern Cape iron mine. Entering the terminal, I removed my wings and epaulets, thrust them into my flight bag, and headed for the restaurant.
ASCA'S MPUMI MPOFU: READY FOR TAKE-OFF
Ms Mpumi Mpofu has occupied the hot seat as Chief Executive of ACSA, the Airports Company of South Africa for a tumultuous past four years.
HYDROGEN POWERED PLANE TESTED
WORLD’S LARGEST liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft, using a 1 MW fuel cell engine, has been tested.
CAMEROON - BLAMES BOEING
BOEING JUST CANNOT STAY out of trouble. It has become the whipping boy for endless absurd claims.
IRIS GOES TO SOMALIA
Having spent the last couple of years flying to a rota, I was thoroughly enjoying the freedom and randomness of flying charters at Sunbird Aviation.
TELEPORTATION
One of the best clients for whom I ever flew was BP, the British oil giant. I was with them in Algeria for about seven years, from the very start of their large gas projects, right in the heart of the Sahara Desert, near the small towns of In Amenas and In Salah.
FEBRUARY 2023
February has shown steady growth in the number of aircraft registered. Four fixed wing and one helicopter were added while the non-type certified (NTCA) register grew by seven.
RIGHT SEAT RULES NO. 16 FUEL SYSTEMS WHY SO COMPLICATED?
You know those aggranoying people who say, “Oh I wouldn't fly in one of those little things - you can't just pull over and fix it if something goes wrong\"? What makes this particularly irritating is that the bastards are right.
