Ukwenza imbali yokubhabha kweSolomon Islands, okokuqala kwiqela labasetyhini bonke lithathe umthetho kwindiza yenqwelomoya kaSolomon Airlines esebenza kwiinkonzo zasekhaya zenethiwekhi.
Abaqhubi beenqwelo moya babini, uKapteni Linda Tito Owen kunye neGosa leFrist uPatricia Avosa bathathe isibhakabhaka kwiveki ephelileyo beqhuba inqwelomoya yenqwelomoya iTwin Otter esebenza kwiishedyuli ezixakekileyo zalapha ekhaya.
Isithethi seSolomon Airlines sithe lo msitho ngumzuzu wokumisela ukuphathwa kwamathuba alinganayo kubaqhubi beenqwelomoya abangabafazi, uKaputeni Owen kunye nempumelelo ngokudibeneyo yeGosa lokuQala emele impumelelo enkulu ikakhulu kwimeko yendalo eyayilawulwa ngamadoda ngokwesithethe saseMelanesia.
UCaptain Owen kunye neGosa lokuQala u-Avosa balandela ekhondweni likaKapteni uClaudia Walding waseNew Zealand owaba ngumqhubi wenqwelomoya wokuqala ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwi-Airbus A320 ye-Solomon Airlines kulo nyaka uphelileyo.
Isiteyitimenti esivela kwiSebe lezabaSebenzi beSolomon Airlines sathi inqwelomoya yazingcayo ngabo bonke abaqhubi beenqwelo moya ababhinqileyo.
"Olu phuhliso luyimpumelelo enkulu kwaye ibonisa enye into ebalulekileyo kumzamo wokuxhobisa ngokwesini uSolomon Airlines," utshilo isithethi.
"Nangona abantu ababhinqileyo besona sikhulu sabasebenzi kushishino lokhenketho, ushishino lokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ubukhulu becala kulawulwa ngamadoda," utshilo isithethi.
"Nangona kunjalo, abakwaSolomon Airlines bangayingqina ngokuzingca into yokuba ikwenza ukulingana ngokwesini ngamandla nangokuzimisela njengenxalenye yesicwangciso-qhinga sophuhliso lwabasebenzi."
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- A Solomon Airlines spokesperson said the event was a benchmark moment for the carrier's equal opportunity development for its female pilots, Captain Owen and First Officer Avosa's joint success representing a major achievement especially in the context of a traditionally male dominated Melanesian environment.
- The two pilots, Captain Linda Tito Owen and Frist Officer Patricia Avosa took to the skies last week at the helm of a Twin Otter aircraft operating on the carrier's busy domestic schedules.
- Captain Owen and First Officer Avosa follow hard on the footsteps of New Zealander Captain Claudia Walding who became the first female pilot to take command of Solomon Airlines' flagship Airbus A320 last year.
