I manage a small business which is being driven by BEE requirements to become BEE. There is more to BEE than just selling shares, something that the shareholders are loathe to do. We have been focusing on employment equity, training, enterprise development etc. In our firm positions exist that should be filled by 'non pale' faces. However the reality of the situation is that there are insufficient educated and experienced black people (black, coloured, indian etc) to fill it. Those that we have appointed have needed a significant amount of mentoring and allowances have been made in their performance. Considering the transformation obstacles and issues I have encountered in a small company makes it easily understandable why transformation in a highly specialised industry such as aviation is taking so long.
There is also no mentoring in flying. You either qualify or you don't. However, a common thread amongst all pilots is that they are passionate about flying. It is not something peope do when all else fails. They are there because they want to be there and to get into it professionally takes years of building hours. Perhaps Afriaviation, your time frame needs to be extended and your delivery expectation reduced. The final result of representation of africans of all colour is hopefully what will make this country succeed where other african countries have failed.