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Shaun Barendsen

Coastal Flying October 2011

Posted by Shaun Barendsen on 14 December 2011

On Tuesday evening, the 25th October, the pilots and some of their better halves gathered at the ATS offices for a comprehensive briefing provided by Ivan on what to expect for the coastal flying weekend. With Wessel providing his sage input regarding the safety aspects surrounding the flight down to Richards Bay as well as the operations at Richards Bay with Jeanne and Christel talking about some of the logistics at Richards Bay, everybody was well prepared for the weekend.

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ATS is very proud and extremely excited to announce the opening of a very special and unique groundschool for Fixed wing pilots as well as Helicopter pilots on the 23rd of January 2012.
The classes will be presented by Brand Wessels. Brand is well known for his excellent method of presenting classes and his exam passing rate for first time exams is 86%

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This blog has but only one purpose - to educate all the REAL truths about where we stand with regards to aviation careers and job opportunities.

I would like to start off by saying that I read an article “not so long ago”, it’s all about how to get a guaranteed job as a pilot. This article is not only false, but many have written the same fictional stories. I must admit, there are very good guidelines in some of these articles but please if you ever hear the words “Guaranteed Job” or “Guaranteed Hours” please let me know – I have plenty people who would love to hear about the same fictional dream.

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