Trans Guyana affords pilot training for staff at top notch Miami institute

Chief Pilot, Andre Farinha (seated, centre) is flanked by the four staff members who are benefiting from the initiative. From left are, Peter Dos Ramos, Cleon Melville, Paul Ramdat and Jonathan Mohammed.

Employees of Trans Guyana Airways are expected to benefit from an in-house initiative in which two eligible staff members will be trained as pilots in Miami, Florida, USA.

The company undertook a similar initiative in the early 1990s and re-started the programme last year. Each year, two persons under the employ of the company will be selected following an evaluation process and will be trained at the world renowned Flight Safety Institute in Miami. The process will continue   over the next few years at a whopping cost of US$200,000 per person.

During a press briefing at the company’s offices at the Ogle Municipal Airport yesterday, Chief Financial Officer, Nicole Correia, told the media in the presence of company officials and four trainee pilots