Graduation joy for pilots
Monday, June 29, 2009
NINE Bahrainis have graduated with their commercial pilots licences from Ayla Aviation Academy in Aqaba, Jordan. The academy's fourth graduation ceremony was held at the Mšvenpick Hotel in Aqaba and was its first all-Bahraini course.
It was sponsored by Gulf Air and the graduation took place under the patronage of Ayla Aviation Academy chief executive officer Marwan Atalla and chairman Munir Atalla.
It was attended by Bahraini Embassy representatives Ahmad Al Reyati and Mohammed Dawoud, as well as graduates' relatives, Ayla staff, students and friends.
Course Delta began training in January last year and after 17 months the participants received their commercial pilots licences with instrument rating.
The graduates are Abdulrahman Akbari, Ahmed Husain, Ebrahim Hararah, Husain Al Asfoor, Mohamed Aseeri, Mohamed Al Ansari, Mohamed Shanbeeh, Nayef Dairi and Rashed Al Qattan.
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It appears Ayla Aviation are still name dropping.
It was sponsored by Gulf Air
If their training was "sponsored" by Gulf Air, why were these youngsters asked to take out 30,000+ Dinar loans?! 
I hope the airline that "sponsored" them actually takes them on board.