Two black female pilots make aviation history at SAA

Posted by David Henning on 27 October 2022

For the first time in its 88-year history, two black African female pilots operated a South African Airways flight.

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The flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town was commandeered by Captain Annabel Vundla and First Officer Refilwe Moreetsi.

‘My message to young girls is that your dreams are valid,’ Moreetsi encouragingly said. ‘If this is a career you would like to follow, it is possible. Your gender and your race are not a barrier.’

Captain Vundla is SAA’s first Black African Female Captain and First Officer Moreetsi is not only a seasoned and experienced pilot but also the first Black African female Management Pilot – responsible for Fatigue Risk Management at the airline.

‘South Africans can feel proud of a national carrier that is truly represented of our diversity and we celebrate that.  SAA is a non-discriminatory, non-racial, equal opportunities employer with a strategic transformational role,’ said SAA Executive for Human Resources, Mpho Letlape.

Picture: SAA

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