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SANDF justifies wings for president's pilot | |
2005-12-20 | |
Pretoria: The South African Air Force (SAAF) Lieutenant-Colonel Nhlan-hla Dube - a relative of the director-general in the presidency Frank Chikane - was appointed a member of the SAAF Reserve Force in August and received his gold wings in October - just two months after he first piloted the Inkwazi. Dube's appointment and the subsequent decision to award him gold wings has caused unhappiness among SAAF pilots, who claim that the 33-year-old pilot has boasted about his family ties to Chikane. A boastful young pilot, think I'll take another flight. They say he underwent only a morning's basic training and two days of officer training before being made a Lieutenant-Colonel. The accelerated course obviously.
Could you please define the term "normal" in SA? SANDF spokesman Colonel Petrus Motlhabane said Dube had applied for, and was given, a post that was advertised with the aim of making the SA Reserve Force more representative. The "vast number of incident-free flying hours of Lt-Col Dube on similar type aircraft at SAA justified an executive decision by the SAAF to award golden wings to this member", said Motlhabane. "Executive decision" vs training and qualifications, lovely. Something fishy about the new Inkwazi pilot, no pun intended. (Inkwazi is Zulu for the Fish Eagle) | |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#8 Sure! Yahoo gives me lots of email storage! |
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-20 19:24 |
#7 Seafarious... is there time to, maybe touch down in Hararie and manifest a few more passengers? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-20 19:22 |
#6 I breathlessly await the email traffic from the widows and children of Messers. Mbeki, Dube, and Chikane. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-12-20 19:15 |
#5 a relative of the director-general in the presidency Frank Chikane President Mbeki would do well to fire Mr Chikane and Mr Dube before a controlled flight into terrain prematurely ends his presidential term... |
Posted by: john 2005-12-20 19:05 |
#4 Sounds like s story for Mary Mapes to investigate. |
Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-12-20 16:07 |
#3 Patronage doesn't make sense for your own pilot. If the pilot is there to make sure you get from A to B SAFELY you want the best. I suggest taking life insurance policies out on these idiots. (payable to yourself of course) |
Posted by: 3dc 2005-12-20 14:33 |
#2 I think this is F.B. Hard's nephew Flyin B. Easy. |
Posted by: Oil Can Spemble1220 2005-12-20 11:17 |
#1 As the saying goes, there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots... |
Posted by: Spot 2005-12-20 09:11 |