BALEWA, Flying Touareg, LJT,
you guys make very good points. Dont waste your time with the comments you read from these guys. You can trully see that a lot of them were brought up in an era where the black man was looked down upon. As such it is very difficult for them to see things in another way. They are so racist even to their own country men/women they cannot stand the new order in their own society anymore. The South African government is trying to empower the black people to train as pilots and all you ever hear on this forum is non stop drivel about them being inferior to their white counter parts.
They see aviation starting to thrive in other African countries and young black pilots starting to challenge the old order of things and it makes them cringe. They are a frustrated lot who dont really have much options other than to change their sickening ways they treat/view the black man. Dont get wound up by them. How do you think they feel when they hear about companies like Virgin Nigeria/Airik/Aero/Ethiopian/KQ dishing out type ratings, empowering young black pilots?? Try to understand the group of assholes we are dealing with here and you'll very quickly paint a good picture of the kind of hell those poor black pilots in SA are going through. Keep it up boys, you've really stood up to them.
AP