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Kush Agarwal
First Officer
Jet Airways
Kush graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and is now working for Jet Airways
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Ravi Agarwal
First Officer
MDLR Airlines
Ravi graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and was offered a job with MDLR Airlines.
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Ali Albinali
First Officer
Gulf Air
Ali graduated with a Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (ATPL)  He now works as a First Officer with Gulf Air.
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Rama Andika
First Officer A320
Mandala Airlines
Rama graduated from the Bankstown campus with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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Jameel Ashraf
First Officer A320
AirBlue Airlines
After graduating from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), Jameel worked as an instructor, and then at ASSL for a short period before being recruited by AirBlue.
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Anthony Baillie
Captain
Dash 8
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After graduating from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), Anthony joined Basair as a flying instructor. He was promoted up to a Grade 1, before being offered a job with QANTASLink.
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Kunal Bali
Trainee First Officer
Mihin Lanka
Kunal graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and is now a Trainee First Officer with Mihin Lanka, an airline in Sri Lanka.
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Lyndon Batchelor
First Officer, A320
Gulf Air
After Lyndon graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), he worked as an instructor for a couple of years. He is now a First Officer on the A320 Series with Gulf Air.
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Vikram Singh Besoya
First Officer
A319/320/321
Air India
Vikram graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation .  He then returned to India to convert his licence and get a job as a First Officer with Air India.
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Rohan Birk
Mulit-Engine Charter
Shoal Air
Rohgan graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), he worked as an instructor for a couple of years, getting promoted to Grade 2. He then received a job offer from Shoal Air in the Northern Territory, where he flys multi-engine charter.
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Ryan Bodily
Mulit-Engine Charter
West Wing
After Ryan graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), he worked as an instructor for a year. He then received a job offer from Barrier Aviation where he started on single-engine charter before migrating to multi-engine charter.  He has since moved to West Wing.
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Nick Bongiorno
First Officer, Jetstream 41
Brindabella Airlines
Nick graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), he worked as an instructor and then charter pilot for a couple of years, and then got an offer from Brindabella Airlines flying a Jetstream 41.
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Mathew Brown
JetStar
After Mathew graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), he worked as an instructor for a couple of years. He then received a job offer from JetStar where he is now flying.
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David Roses Brungger
Instructor and Charter Pilot
Townsville Aviation Centre
David graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, and a Diploma of Aviation. He now works as an instructor and charter pilot in Townsville, Queensland.
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Flight Instructor
Geordan graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), and is now working for Sydney Aviators as a flying instructor.
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Justin Capell
First Officer, Embraer
Virgin Blue
Justin gained his Grade 1 instructor rating while at Basair, and then worked for various charter companies from Mt ISA to Dubbo, and Bankstown, before gaining employment with Qantas Link in 2007. He became a Captain on a Dash 8 in early 2009 and now employed as First officer on the Embraer with Virgin Blue.
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Kanak Chandramohan
First Officer, A320
IndiGo
Kanak graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and he received a job offer from IndiGo within a month of converting his licence. He has been with IndiGo for 2 years, and has 1300 hours on type.
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Angadeep Chopra
First Officer, A320
IndiGo
Angadeep graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and he now works for IndiGo.
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Karan Chopra
First Officer
Qatar Airways
Karan graduated from the Bankstown campus with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and now works at Qatar Airways.
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Andy Chow
First Officer, B737
Hong Kong Airlines
Andygraduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation, and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He worked at Basair Aviation College as an instructor, before accepting a job offer from Hong Kong Airlines flying a B737.
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Michael Christou
Second Officer, B747-400
Cathay Pacific
Michael graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation, and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He now works for Cathay Pacific as a Second Officer on a Boeing 747.
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Justin Clarke
Second Officer
QANTAS
Justin graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation, and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He worked for a while at Basair Aviation College, being promoted to the role of Assistant Chief Flying Instructor before accepting a job offer from QANTAS.
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Charter Pilot
WestWing Aviaiton
Ben graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation, and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He worked for a while at Basair Aviation College (Cessnock Campus) before getting a job with Daintree AirServices as a charter pilot.  He is now flying C402s with West Wing.
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Sam Couchman
First Officer
Eastern Airways
Sam graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation. He then worked in the UK for a charter compnay flying Diamond DA42 TwinStar before moving to Eastern Airways.
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Steve Cowell
First Officer
QANTASLink
Steve was a Grade 1 instructor at Basair Aviation College, before being offered a position with QANTASLink.
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Andrew Cox
First Officer
Air North
Andrew graduated with an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He worked for Basair Aviation College and become responsible for ME CIR training in Bankstown.  He now works in RPT for Air North as a First Officer.
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Nakul Damle
First Officer A320
IndiGo
Nakul completed his Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation in August 2007, and is now a First Officer on an Airbus A320 with IndiGo
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Amit Dayaram
Captain
Citation Bravo
Amit completed his Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation and is now Captain on a Citation Bravo, flying executives and customers of a private Indian company called IndiaBulls.
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Alex De Lavaulx
First Officer, Q400
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Alex was a Grade 2 Flight Instructor at Basair Aviation College before being offered a position at QANTASLink.
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Adam Dixon
First Officer, Embraer
Vigin Australia
Adam did all his flight training with Basair (Cessnock Campus) where he obtained a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). Soon after graduating, he got his first aviation job with Basair as a Junior Grade 3 Flight Instructor. After instructing for some time he obtained his Instrument Rating and started to do IFR twin instructing and passenger charter. This led to a job as a First Officer on a BAE Jetstream 32 with Aeropelican.  He is now a First Officer with Virgin Australia flying the Embraer
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Sagar Dhapare
First Officer
ATR-72/42-500
Kingfisher Airlines
Sagar graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and was offered a job with Kingfisher Airlines.
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Marco Enriquez
First Officer
American Eagle
Marco graduated with a Diploma of Aviation, and is now working in the US with American Eagle.
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Peter Fterniatis
Cadet Pilot
Cathay Pacific
Peter graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation, and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He has since completed his ATPLs and has moved to Hong Kong to fly with Cathay Pacific.
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Mahesh Gagwani
First Officer
IndiGo
Mahesh graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation and now works as a First Officer for IndiGo.
Ritesh Gajjar
Instructor
Camden Airport
Ritesh graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He now works at Camden Airport as a Flight Instructor.
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Daniel Galea
First Officer
Q400
QANTASLink
Daniel graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma in Aviation (ATPL) before receiving an offer from QANTASLink.
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Jay Galvin
Instructor
Bankstown, NSW
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Lawrence Gillett
Chief Pilot, Chief Flying Instructor, Charter Pilot
Vortex Air Elite Training Academy
Lawrence graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation, and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He has since completed his ATPLs and is currently studying a Masters in Aviation Management. Lawrence is the Chief Pilot and Chief Flying Instructor at Vortex, a Moorabbin based flying school and charter company.
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Greg Goodfellow
B737
Virgin Australia
Greg started learning to fly back in mid 2005 and achieved the Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction). He then became a Flight Instructor with Basair, and then left to becom a First Officer for a Regional Airline ‘Aeropelican’, based out of Williamtown. Aeropelican operate a busy RPT service between Newcastle, Sydney, Narrabri and Mudgee in 20-seater turboprop aircraft.  After a couple of years at Aeropelican, and being promoted to Captain, he moved on to Virgin Australia, where he flys the B737.
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Vamshi Goud
Float Plane Pilot
Maritme Energy Heli Air Services
Vamshi graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.  He was one of the first two seaplane pilots in India, joining Maritime Energy Heli Air Services.
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Kshitij Gupta
First Officer
Lion AIr
Kshitij graduated with a and a Certificate IV in Aviation and is now a First Officer with Lion Air.
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Vaibhav Gupta
First Officer
Jet Airways
Vaibhav graduated with a and a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and is now a First Officer with Jet Airways.
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Mark Harrington
Captain
Network Aviation
After leaving Basair, Mark worked at Skippers Aviation for a couple of years, before making Captain and moving to Network Aviation.
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Nazneem Hashim
Helicopter Co-Pilot
Awan Inspirasi
After Nazneem completed her fixed wing CPL with a Certificate IV in Aviation she then qualified as a helciopter pilot. She is now a co-piot flying to off-shore oil rigs and oil platforms.
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Lee Haskell

Senior Pilot/Deputy Chief Pilot/Check & Training
Air Whitsunday
Lee graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and has been working in the industry ever since leaving Basair. He started instructing at Hoxton Park and then up to Cairns where he gained his Grade 1 Instructor Rating. He underwent a float alighting gear endorsement in 04 and has been flying floats ever since. He is now working in tourism, flying seaplanes for Air Whitsunday seaplanes. Currently senior pilot/deputy chief pilot/check and training.
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Lee Hayes
Pilot
Airbus A321/20/19
FlyNiki (Austria)
"Without a doubt, none of us would be in the position we are now if not for the help and support of the Basair staff."
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Brendan Head
Second Officer
QANTAS
Brendan graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma in Aviation (Flight Instruction) and was recruited to be an instructor at Basair Avaition College. He was promoted to a Grade 2 instructor before being offered a job with QANTAS.
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Charter Pilot
West Wing Aviation
Stuart graduated from Basair (Cessnock Campus) with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction) and became an instructor. He was promoted several times, and became the Team Leader at the Cessnock Campus, and also focused on teaching Multi-Engine Command Instrument Rating.  He has recently moved to West Wing Aviaiton as a charter pilot.
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Yasser Hussain
Instructor
Bazara Aviation Aacademy
Yasser graduated from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation and returned to Yeman to start work at the oldest Aviation Academy in Yemen; Bazara.  He is also working as an administrator at Yemen Airlines.
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Karen Janssen
Second Officer
QANTAS
Karan graduated from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction) and became an instructor. She was promoted several times, and became the Assistant CFI before getting a job offer with QANTAS in the international division. She now regularly flies the Sydney - Los Angeles route.
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Elyas Jawad
Second Officer
Gulf Air

Elyas graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation. He has been working at Gulf Air for over 3 years, flying a A320 for the first 2 years before moving on to the dual rated A330 and A340.

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Vaishak Jayaraj
Flight Instructor
Fujairah Aviation Academy (UAE)
Vaishak graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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First Officer
Capital Airlines Kenya
Zuber graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation before getting a job with Capital Airlines Kenya.
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Aishwarya Kakkar
First Officer
Jet Airways
Aishwarya graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation before getting a job with Jet Airways.
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Narayanan Kashyap
First Officer
Airbus A320
GoAir
Narayanan graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and then recieved a job offer from Kingfisher Airlines.  He has since moved to GoAir.
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Joe Kelly
First Officer
Airbus A320
Jet Star
Joe graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and then joined Basair as an instructor. He was promoted to a Grade 1 before he was offered a position at JetStar.
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Neel Khokhani
Instructor
Melbourne, VIC
Neel was a determined student, who completed his Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction) all within 14 months of starting. Since graduating, Neel has been working as an instructor in Melbourne. He has rapidly gained a lot of experience in this role, totalling almost 2,000 hours and adding many endorsements to his licence.
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Dennis Khoo
First Officer
Air Asia
Dennis graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation and then worked as an instructor in Malaysia for a couple of years.  He is now a First Officer with Air Asia.
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Anthony Killeen
Captain
REX
Anthony graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruciton) at then started work as an instructor at Basair.  He then moved to Perth, and became an instructor at China Southern before taking a Charter role doing survey operations for Furgo.  He then started work at REX and has been promoted to Captain.
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Benjamin Knott
First Officer, Dash 8
Skippers Aviaiton
Benjamin graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation and then got a job with Alligator Airways.  He has now progressed to Skippers as a First Officer on a Dash 8.
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Aditya Kothari
First Officer
Boeing 737
SpiceJet
Aditya completed his Certificate IV in Aviation at the Bankstown campus, and has commenced working at SpiceJet as a First Officer.
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Varun Kulkarni
First Officer
Jet Airways
Varun completed his Certificate IV in Aviation at the Cessnock campus. He is now a First Officer with Jet Airways.
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Arjun Sasi Kumar
Charter Pilot
Barrier Aviaton
Arjun completed his Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruciton) at the Cessnock campus. He then worked as an instructor at Basair before moving to Barrier Aviation as a Charter Pilot
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Darren Lambert
Charter Pilot
Barrier Aviaton
Darren completed his Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruciton) at the Bankstown campus. He then worked as an instructor at Basair before moving to Kakadu Air to fly a GA8 Airvan doing scenic and charter flights.  Darren then completed his ATPLs while keeping busy doing Angel Flights (transporting medical patients around regional NSW), and getting Cheiftain and Barron endorsements.  He is not flying a BN2 Islander with Barrier Aviation.
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Martin Larsson
Captain
Saab340 and B1900D
NextJet,Sweden
Martin graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma in Aviation (ATPLs). He moved to Sweden and was offered a job at Nextjet. He is now a Captain on the Saab340 and B1900D, based at Arlanda airport. NextJet has 12 aircraft (B1900D, Saab340, Bae ATP, C550) and 170 employees.
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Josh Laverty
First Officer
Airbus A330
QANTAS
Joshua was a Grade 1 Flight Instructor at Basair before being recruited by QANTAS.
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Xavier LeCroart
ME Charter Pilot
Xavier completed his Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction) at the Bankstown campus. He was recruited as an instructor, and progressed rapidly to a Grade 1 instructor and Team Leader at Basair.  Recently, he has joined SkyPac, Australia's leading private jet network.
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Kah Soon Lim
First Officer
Hong Kong Airlines
Kah Soon Lim graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and originally joined Air Asia in Malaysia.  Since then, he has moved to Hong Kong Airlines.
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Aaron Lindsay
Charter Pilot
Country Capital Aviation (Tamworth)
Aaron graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and is currently based in Tamworth, doing a combination of freight runs, charter and a little instructing on the side.
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Bree Linton
Captain
Brindabella Airlines
Bree completed her Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction) at the Cessnock campus. She then worked as a charter pilot, before returning to Basair as an instructor. She became a team leader at only 21 years of age, and was then recruited by SmartAir, flying a Chieftain.  She was then recruited as a First Officer at Brindabella, and was recently promoted to Captain.
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Grady Lloyd
Charter Pilot
Katherine Aviation
Grady completed the Certiciate IV in Aviation at Basair's Sydney Aviators base.  He then moved to the Northern Territory to start work with Katherine Aviation.
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Richard Loh
Boeing 777
Singapore Airlines
Richard graduated with a Certiciate IV in Aviation and now flys a Boeing 777 with Singapore Airlines.
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Mehdi Lotfi
First Officer
Fokker 100
Iran Air
Mehdi started his course at Basair in March 2006, and graduated with a Certiciate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and is now a First Officer with the Iranian national airline flying a Fokker 100.
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Jimi Ludriks
Charter Pilot
Cessna 210 and Gippsland Airvan
SlingAir
Jimi commenced at Basair in March 2009 and was the first in his class to graduate, completing his Certificate IV in Aviation within 7 months of starting. He then completed his Diploma of Aviation and was quickly offered a job at SlingAir in the Northern Territory.
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Vidit Luthra
First officer on a Jetstream 32
Vidit's first job after studying at Basair was with a Britten-Norman Islander. As of September 2009 he was a first officer flying a Jetstream 32 in Zambia. He is also the company's Flight Safety Officer. Vidit graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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James Lucas
Charter Pilot
Aeroydnamic Flight Academy
After graduating from the Cessnock campus with a Ceritificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviaton (Flight Instruction), James worked as a charter pilot in Kununurra WA for the tourist season, flying a mix of Cessna 207s/210s and Airvans. In 2009 he got his float endorsement, and also returned to Basair to work as an instructor. He is now working as a charter pilot in Hervey Bay, QLD.
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Dan McCallum
First Officer, A330
Virgin Australia
Dan completed his Commercial Pilot Licence, in 2000 and then his Instructor Rating in 2001.  After working as an instructor and charter pilot around Australia, including Aboriginal Air Services flying a Cessna Caravan, he commenced with Surveillance Australia in 2006, flying a Dash 8.  He joined Virgin Blue in 2008 and flew the B737, Embraer 170 and 190 before moving to Virgin Australia where is is a First Officer on a A330.
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Evan McCarthy
Charter Pilot, Cessna 210
Katherine Aviation
Evan is based in Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. He graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviaton (Flight Instruction).
David Maclean
Charter Pilot,
Cessna 182
Queensland
David completed his Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, at the Cessnock campus, and has commenced working with an aerial agriculture operator in Queensland, flying a Cessna 182.
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Ahmed Madbouly
Second Officer, B737
Egypt Air
Ahmed completed his Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, at the Bankstown campus, and has commenced working at Egypt Air as a Second Officer on a B737-800.
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Nitin Prashant Mannar
First Officer, B737
SpiceJet
Nitin completed his Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, at the Bankstown campus, and has commenced working at SpiceJet as a First Officer.
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Joe Mathew
First Officer 737NG
Jet Airways
Joe graduated in July 2007 with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and is now flying for Jet Airways.
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Arjun Balraj Mehta
First Officer 737ng
Jet Airways
Arjun graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and then received a job offer from Jet Airways.
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Natasha Miguel
Pilot
Virgin Australia
After graduating from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating), Natasha worked as an instructor at Basair before joining Virgin Australia.
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Razif Mohamed
First Officer
Air Asia
Razif graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and then returned to Malaysia to convert his licence.  He worked as an instructor for a while, before starting at Air Asia as a First Officer.
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David Montuori
First Officer
QANTASLink
David graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, David worked in General Aviation before getting a job with QANTASLink.
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Gaurav Murthy
Pilot
SpiceJet
Gaurav graduated from the Bankstown campus with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and has been working at SpiceJet for 3 years.
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Gabriele Musolino
First Officer, B777
Emirates
Gabriele completed his Commercial Pilot Licence ast Basair, and then started flying on the B737 Classic (300/400)  He is now with Emirates flying the B777.
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Mathew Neilson
First Officer
Airlines PNG
Mathew graduated with a Certiciate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation. He has since been working in PNG flying RPT.
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Jay Overton
Charter Pilot
Tiger moth world
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Jatinder Singh Pal
Dornier 228 201/202 turbo prop
Indian Coast Guard
Jatinder graudated from the Cessnock campus with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and he now flies for the Indian Coast Guard.
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Rod Pennington
Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS)
After graduating from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating), Rod worked as an instructor at Basair and China Southern. He has also worked in RPT for SkyTrans and became a Captain of a Dash 8. He has recently commenced with the RFDS.
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Marc Pereira
Charter Pilot
Susi Air
Marc graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation from the Bankstown campus.
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Rhianna Pericleous
Charter Pilot
West Wing
Rhianna graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Instructor Rating from the Cessnock campus. She worked as an instructor in Bankstown before moving to West Wing as a charter pilot.
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Kevin Pettit
Charter Pilot
Wagga Air
Kevin graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation from the Bankstown campus, and now flies for Wagga Air.
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Clay Phipps
ME Charter Pilot
Barrier Aviation
Clay won a scholarship to do his Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) at Basair, and then became an instructor. In less than 2 years, he joined a charter company in Queensland flying multi-engine charters.
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Nathan Piper
First Officer
Cessna Caravan
Nathan has joined Susi Air, which is a passenger and cargo charter company spanning the islands of Indonesia. He graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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Scott Plane
JetStar
After graduating from Basair Avaition College with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, Scott received a job offer from Jet Star.
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Florian Pramstraller
B737
SunExpress
Florian graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, and returned to Europe to complete his ATPLs. He has recently done his B737 type training and commenced work with SunExpress.
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Brenton Pugh
First Officer
Brindabella Airlines
Mark graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) from the Cessnock campus. He worked as an instructor in Cessnock before doing some charter work flying a Chieftain.  He is now a First Officer at Brindabella Airlines.
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Simon Pursehouse
First Officer
Air Link
Simon graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation before doing the Instructor Rating cousre. He then worked for a short time as an instructor before getting a job flying twin-engine charter with Barrier Aviation in Horn Island.  He has since moved on to become a First Officer with Air Link.
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Elliot Quinn
Head of Sydney Aviators
Elliott completed the Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) while a part time student.  He is now the Head of Sydney Aviators, which is a Basair company specialising in training for the local market.  He also spends time flying charter for Australia By Air, another subsidiary of Basair.
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Mark Quintano
Captain
Rex Airlines
Mark graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) from the Cessnock campus. He worked as an instructor in both Cessnock and Bankstown, before becoming General Manager of Australia By Air, a charter company, where he flew a Chieftain. Mark then accepted a job offer from REX as a First Officer based in Sydney.
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Sivarajah Rajah
First Officer A320
Air Asia
Sivaraja graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and has now joined Air Asia as a First Officer on the A320.
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Nasir Rakhangi
Boeing 737-800
Air India
After graduating from Basair Aviation College with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, Nasir returned home and worked as an instructor in the Aerodynamics Aviation Academy. He was then offered a job as a pilot with Air India.
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Sivamurthy Ramasamy
First Officer A320
Air Asia
Sivamurthy Ramasamy graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and joined Air Asia a year ago, when it was voted "Best Low Cost Carrier in the World."
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Javier Ramirez
First Officer
REX
Javier graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) from the Bankstown campus. He worked as an instructor in Bansktown and then became a Charter Pilot with Australia By Air.  He is now a First Officer with REX.
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Sarmad Razvi
Charter Pilot
Schon Air
After graduating with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation, Sarmad was offered a job as a charter pilot with Schon Air in Karachi.
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Phil Read
Virgin Australia
Phil graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (ATPL). He began his career with Pearl Aviation in Alice Springs, where he was promoted to flying a Metro 23. He has recently started working at Virgin Australia.
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Tim Reynolds
Second Officer
QANTAS
Tim Reynolds progressed to be a Grade 1 instructor at the Bankstown campus. He was then selected as the Chief Flying Instructor. He has since been recruited by QANTAS.
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Trent Robertson
First Officer, Brasilia
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Trent graduated with an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) and then worked as a Charter Pilot with Chartair for 3 years.  He is now a First Officer on a Brasilia with Airnorth.
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Daniel Rodgers
First Officer
QANTASLink
Daniel graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) from the Cessnock campus. He worked as an instructor in Cessnock and also as a Charter Pilot with Australia By Air. He is now working as a First Officer with QANTASLink
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Travis Rodricks
737NG
Jet Airways

Travis graduated with a Diploma of Aviation and joined Paramount Airways where he flew for two-and-a-half years, racking up 2100 hours of flight time on te Embraer 170/175.  He has now joined Jet Airways on their 737NG fleet

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Domenic Rositano
Second Officer
A330
QANTAS
After completing his Certificate IV in Aviation at Basair, Dominic went on to get an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction) and joined Basair Aviation College. After being promoted to a Grade 1 instructor, he accepted a job offer from QANTAS.
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James Ryder
First Officer
Virgin Australia
James started as a charter pilot with GAM before moving to REX. He now flys for Virgin Australia.
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Young Seok Na
First Officer
Merpati Airlines
Young graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation from the Bankstown campus, and now works for Merpati Airlines in Indonesia.
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Nipun Salaria
First Officer
Airbus A319/320/321
Indan Airlines
Nipun graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and has been working for Air India for over 2 years. He will soon get endorsed in the widebody A330.
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Fabian Schonbucher
GAM
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Azlan Shaharuddin
Charter Pilot
Learjet 35
Aerotree Defence and Services
Azlan graduate with a Certificate IV in Aviation.
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Mathew Sharpe
Charter Pilot
Merimbula Air Services
Mathew graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation from the Cessnock campus and then started working with Merimbula Air Services.
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Sagar Shivdasani
First Officer
Indigo
Sagar graduated from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating).  He worked as an instructor at the Cessnock campus, before getting a job with IndiGo Airlines.
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Hussein Shobaki
Captain
Qatar Airways
Hussein graduated from the Bankstown campus and joined Qatar Airways. His career has progressed well, and he is now a Captain.
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Brennan Single
Charter Pilot
Merimbula Air Services
Brennan graudated from the Cessnock campus with a Certificate IV in Aviation and started work with Merimbula Air Services as a Charter Pilot.
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Alan Skeoch
Twin Engine Charter Pilot
Air Charters Australia
Alan graduated with an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating) from the Bankstown campus before joining Basair as an instructor. He has recently moved to Air Charters Australia where he flys a Shrike Aero Commander.
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Charter Pilot
ChartAir
After graduating from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Instructor Rating), Mark worked as an instructor at Basair's Bankstown Campus. He was then offered a charter job with ChartAir.
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James Spencer
Charter Pilot
Cessna Grand Caravan
Hinterland Aviation
After graduating with a Certificate IV in Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), James worked as an instructor with Basair Aviation College. He now flys people on holiday to Dunk Island and Lizard Island in a Cessna Grand Caravan.
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Mark Suffell
Currently a pilot with a major international carrier.
After graduating with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviation, Mark became an instructor at the Cessnock campus. He worked at Basair for 2 years, before accepting a job with Pel-Air. He now works for a major international carrier in Australia.
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Rakend Soma Sundaran
Instructor
Camden, NSW
Rakend graduated from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation, and landed himself a job as an instructor at a school in Camden, NSW.
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Abhay Tandon
First Officer
IndiGo
Abhay graduated from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation and Diploma of Aviation, and he now works for IndiGo Airlines.
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Sherrif Talaat
First Officer
Embraer 170
Egypt Air
Sherrif won a scholarship to do his Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruciton) at Basair, and then became an instructor. After 2 years, he was recruited by Egypt Air.
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Jejangir Tara

Trainee First Officer, B737

Jet Airways
Jejangir is currently a Trainee First Officer for Jet Airways on their B737 fleet. He graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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John Thanikal
Second Officer, A320
Air Arabia
John graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation from the Cessnock campus. He then received a job offer from Air Arabia.
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Rob Thomas
First Officer, B737
Virgin Australia
Rob graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation from the Cessnock campus. He is now working for Virgin Australia on a B737.
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Graham Thorn

First Officer/Cruise Relief, Boeing 777

V Australia
After graduating from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma of Aviaton (Flight Instruciton), Graham went to Brisbane and worked as an instructor for a year. He then moved to Darwin to fly charter. After a year in Darwin, he was recruited into V Australia as a cruise relief first officer. He now flys a Boeing 777 between Australia and Los Angeles and Johannesburg, and soon Abu Dhabi.
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Siavakhsh Towhidi

Senior First Officer,

Boeing 777

Emirates
Siavakhsh is currently a Senior First Officer for Emirates on their B777 fleet. He graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation.
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Ben Trengrove

Flight Instructor

Sydney Aviators
AfteBen completed his Certificate IV in Aviation, Night Rating and Flight Instructor Rating at our subsidiary, Sydney Aviators.  He was then recruited as a Grade 3 Instructor.
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Ankit Tripathi

Trainee First Officer, B737

Jet Airways
Ankit is currently a Trainee First Officer for Jet Airways on their B737 fleet. He graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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Richa Unkule
First Officer
Indigo
Richa is a First Officer with IndiGo.  She graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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Balu Unni
Pilot
Kingfisher Airlines
Balu graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation and then received a job offer from Kingfisher Airlines. He is based in Mumbai.
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Stuart Venison
Pilot
Regional Express
After Stuart graduated from Basair with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and Advanced Diploma of Aviation (Flight Instruction), he became an instructor. He then worked as a charter pilot at Aero Tropics before getting offered a position at Regional Express (REX).
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Nikhil Vasanth
First Officer A310
Deccan 360
Nikhil started in October 2006, and is now a First Officer on an Airbus A310. Nikhil graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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Apichart Vongsnara
Pilot
Thai Aviation Service
After getting his fixed-wing licence with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Apichart went on to learn how to fly helicopters. He now flies a s76 transporting people to offshore rigs.
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Stephen Walton
Captain
Susi Air
Stephen works at Susi Air, where he does a lot of RPT between the more populated areas of PNG and charter work in the more remote areas. He graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.
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Kathleen Watts
Second Officer, B747-400
QANTAS
After leaving Basair, Kathleen got a job with QANTAS as a Second Officer on the B747-400.
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Michael White
First Officer
QANTAS
After getting his CPL, Michael White worked as an instructor and operations manager at Basair. He was then recruited by QANTAS for their international division.
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Ian Wilson
First Officer
Susi Air
Ian graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation, Diploma of Aviation and an Advanced Diploma in Aviation (Flight Instruction) and was recruited to be an instructor at Basair Avaition College. He was promoted to a Grade 2 instructor before becoming a charter pilot.  He now works as a First Officer with Susi Air
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Mal Wood
Captain, Jetstream
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Mal graduated from the Cessnock campus, and he is now a Captain at Aeropelican.
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Hafiz Yazid
First Officer, A320
Air Asia
Hafiz Yaziud graduated with a Certificate IV in Aviation and a Diploma of Aviation.  He is now a First Officer at Air Asia.

 

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