Thabo's new aircraft...
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I did it, I did it!!! Eventually!
(Goes hopping and skipping down street clicking heels.)
Why is it that the only images I have seen are in the African Forum? Obviously smarter than all the rest.
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Looks like a BBJ or A319. What a surprise.
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Mbeki one pilot short of a jet - News 24
Erika Gibson
Pretoria - The critical shortage of pilots, and "vague promises" of salary increases for Air Force pilots, could result in a lack of adequately-trained crew members to fly President Thabo Mbeki around in his new jet next year.
Tenders for the jet were recently closed and are to be submitted for selection to the cabinet.
Several Air Force commanders of the VIP fleet of aircraft at 21 Squadron have resigned over the past few months and have been employed elsewhere. In terms of guidelines set by Boeing and Airbus, manufacturers of the two aircraft under consideration, the captain of a presidential aircraft is required to have a minimum of 1 500 flight hours to his or her credit.
At least 1 000 of these hours should be acquired on passenger jet aircraft.
At present only three commanding officers in the squadron meet the requirements. Two of their contracts expire ahead of the delivery date of the new aircraft. Neither is considering staying on.
A single commander cannot be on duty 24 hours a day, and no other Air Force pilot meets the required flight hours acquired on passenger jet aircraft.
Experts say that an alternative would be to lower guideline standards. Indirectly this would pose security implications for Mbeki, since the guidelines were set to ensure maximum safety for him during his flights.
Another possibility would be to appoint commanders from the private sector on a short-term contract base. This would result in the Air Force having to pay market-related salaries, and could not be regarded as a medium-term solution.
Pilots set to fly the new jet aircraft would have to undergo extremely expensive adjustment courses. The Air Force could not afford these courses every few months for a new set of pilots.
Defence Force spokesperson Captain Niko Allie on Wednesday said the presidential jet was still in the acquisition stage.
"The moment things move to the planning phase, the Air Force will consider its options in appointing new crew members for its new jet aircraft."
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Erika Gibson
Pretoria - The critical shortage of pilots, and "vague promises" of salary increases for Air Force pilots, could result in a lack of adequately-trained crew members to fly President Thabo Mbeki around in his new jet next year.
Tenders for the jet were recently closed and are to be submitted for selection to the cabinet.
Several Air Force commanders of the VIP fleet of aircraft at 21 Squadron have resigned over the past few months and have been employed elsewhere. In terms of guidelines set by Boeing and Airbus, manufacturers of the two aircraft under consideration, the captain of a presidential aircraft is required to have a minimum of 1 500 flight hours to his or her credit.
At least 1 000 of these hours should be acquired on passenger jet aircraft.
At present only three commanding officers in the squadron meet the requirements. Two of their contracts expire ahead of the delivery date of the new aircraft. Neither is considering staying on.
A single commander cannot be on duty 24 hours a day, and no other Air Force pilot meets the required flight hours acquired on passenger jet aircraft.
Experts say that an alternative would be to lower guideline standards. Indirectly this would pose security implications for Mbeki, since the guidelines were set to ensure maximum safety for him during his flights.
Another possibility would be to appoint commanders from the private sector on a short-term contract base. This would result in the Air Force having to pay market-related salaries, and could not be regarded as a medium-term solution.
Pilots set to fly the new jet aircraft would have to undergo extremely expensive adjustment courses. The Air Force could not afford these courses every few months for a new set of pilots.
Defence Force spokesperson Captain Niko Allie on Wednesday said the presidential jet was still in the acquisition stage.
"The moment things move to the planning phase, the Air Force will consider its options in appointing new crew members for its new jet aircraft."
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Thanks guv for the tips about posting images. I have IE, so I shall continue to experiment.
The obvious thing to have done if the government is adament about the new aircraft is to have tied the deal in with SAA's B737-800. The BBJ is almost identical (B737-700), the cockpit and systems are all identical. SAA's simulator is therefore available and piggybacking it onto a bigger deal would have made it much cheaper.
The obvious thing to have done if the government is adament about the new aircraft is to have tied the deal in with SAA's B737-800. The BBJ is almost identical (B737-700), the cockpit and systems are all identical. SAA's simulator is therefore available and piggybacking it onto a bigger deal would have made it much cheaper.
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Latest rumour doing the rounds is that Trevor is resigning from the CAA in disgust and that he will be the new pilot for our revered leader. Apparently Moloma will be FO for a 2 month training period till he's bought a new licence!!
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This is a parody, not to be taken seriously.
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