PNG women set for take-off

Wednesday, 15 Apr, 2014 0

Four young women from Papua New Guinea are training to become commercial pilots in New Zealand for airlines back home.

The women have started a 68-week course to secure a commercial pilot’s licence at Nelson Aviation College.

The women are being sponsored by the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Central Province Governor, Kila Haoda.

The Central Province Government is keen to raise the education and perception of women in the country.

The women were selected and appointed by an expert panel including the Nelson Aviation College’s chief flying instructor,
Jeremy Anderson, and several representatives from Air Niugini.

The women’s progress towards gaining a pilot’s licence is being publicised in PNG so that they can act as role models in a country where only around five per cent of women are in waged employment.



 

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