Air Tanzania Director for Technical Services and Operations, Captain Richard Shaidi, will travel to Ethiopia next week to finalize the deal between the two airlines.
By Alvar Mwakyusa (Tanzania Daily News) |
Seeking to embark on capacity building for its employees at affordable costs, Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) will send 28 pilots and aircraft engineers for training at institutions operated by Ethiopian Airlines in Addis Ababa.
“Training a pilot in Ethiopia will save US $500 dollars per hour compared to the amount currently paid for such teaching in the United Kingdom and Canada,” the Managing Director of ATCL, Mr Ladislaus Matindi, explained yesterday.
It is on this backdrop that the national carrier will mid this year dispatch 18 aircraft engineers and 10 pilots for training in Addis Ababa, Mr Matindi explained on April 13th, after a meeting with officials from Ethiopian Airlines based in Tanzania.
“We are now waiting for approval from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCCA) before we send them, it is a requirement for the aviation regulator to certify training institutes for our experts,” he explained.
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He further explained that the ATCL Director for Technical Services and Operations, Captain Richard Shaidi, will travel to Ethiopia next week to finalize the deal between the two airlines. “Ethiopia Airlines has well equipped training and maintenance facilities and we can benefit from their expertise.
The training will be for new pilots and those in service through recurrent teaching,” he remarked. Mr Matindi on the other hand said the airline will continue sending few pilots to Canada to receive training on operation of the new Bombardier aircraft set for delivery mid this year.
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