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Mayday call for SA aviation industry
Air Traffic & Navigation Services agency's failure to address skills crisis will have 'huge' consequences for air transport sector and wider economy, says Plane Talking MD Linden Birns
03 November 2024 - 00:00
Linden Birns, aviation expert and MD of aviation consultancy Plane Talking, says the Air Traffic & Navigation Services (ATNS) agency, which suspended hundreds of flight procedures after missing a July deadline to update them, ignored a skills crisis long in the making with dire consequences for the industry and the economic growth it feeds...
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