Guy Leitch There are some subjects which create massively heated debate and then just go quiet. So, for a bit of excitement, I thought I would prod one of them back into life. A particularly inflammatory topic is airline pilots comparing their flight time to pilots who fly short charters,Read More →
https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/11/04/flysafairs-licence-under-threat-due-to-breach-of-foreign-ownership-rules Stephen Grootes interviews Guy Leitch, SA Flyer Magazine Editor. FlySafair’s Licence Under Threat: Foreign Ownership Rules Breached 04:25/04:25 Budget-airline FlySafair is not compliant with foreign ownership rules, according to the Air Service Licensing Council. According to current regulations, foreign ownership of a domestically registered airline is limited to 25%.Read More →
Guy Leitch It is a tragedy for general aviation that Rand Airport is currently in a state of upheaval, if not outright war. The airport has been through three General Managers in three years and there is ‘lawfare’ between factions of the board members. In 2022, after six years onRead More →
SAA considers selling Heathrow landing rights: ‘Like selling off the family silver’Read More →
There is a widely held belief that retired pilots die younger than the general population. A question that has been argued for years in the cockpits, briefing rooms, remuneration negotiating tables and the watering holes of commercial aviation is; what is the life expectancy of an airline pilot after heRead More →
Guy Leitch with Goitseona Diale Pipistrel is a phenomenon. Despite coming from a country few people could find on a map, and burdening their planes with ridiculous names, Pipistrel have become world leaders in light sport aircraft – and they fly the pants off the competition Pipistrel’s Explorer is theRead More →
South Africa desperately needs a new long range strategic airlift aircraft. In 2010 the South African Air Force (SAAF) was supposed to have begun replacing its aged C130s with Airbus A400Ms – but that was cancelled by government. The Americans were keen to sell South Africa their Boeing C-17 heavyRead More →
Guy Leitch Like the Toyota HiLux – the Cessna 210 has become an icon of South African transport. It has come a long way since the first four seater models. Big ‘n beefy, the Cessna 210 Centurion is one of South Africa’s most important light aircraft. The reasons are obvious:Read More →
Boeing’s new President – is an engineer – not an accountantRead More →
