South Africa to train Mauritian pilots
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian airline company, AirMauritius, this week signed an agreement with a South Africantraining school known as 43 Air School to train 20 pilots, two of themwomen, an official source in Port-Louis has said.Air Mauritius general manager, Nirvan Veerasamy, said that the trainees,aged between 21 and 36, will be offered jobs at the end of their18-month training in South Africa."We are financing the entire cost of the training and the traineeswill have to work for Air Mauritius for at least seven years," he said.Veerasamy said that his company needed 25 pilots every year in order toincrease gradually the number of Mauritian pilots. Today, only 51 pilotsout of the 200 the company has, are Mauritians.The South African high commissioner in Mauritius, Ajay Bramdeo, hailedthe Air Mauritius initiative, calling it a milestone in the enhancementof regional cooperation. Port-Louis - 04/06/2006
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