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LIAT turns to Guyana for aviation training
-six islanders graduate in aircraft engineering
Guyana has developed the capacity to conduct training in aircraft engineering and the rest of the English-speaking Caribbean is now eyeing the country for its expertise.
Yesterday, six students from St. Vincent, Barbados and Antigua completed a four-year intensive training programme in aircraft maintenance and repair.
The six, who were sponsored by LIAT, a regional airline, now have the relevant qualifications and are set to start working from November with that company.
Yesterday, the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School located at the Ogle Airport, also announced that it is considering adding an office in Jamaica.
Currently the company has officials travelling to Trinidad to conduct regular training.
It was disclosed that six students, including one woman, came to Guyana and started classes in October 2007.
The exams were held under the watchful eyes of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, the country’s regulators for the aviation industry.
According to the school’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Malcolm Chan-a-Sue, they have been working with several known organizations locally and regionally for a while now, among them Caribbean Airlines.
The six students (standing) with officials of the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School yesterday.
As a matter of fact, the school has been sending a lecturer up to Trinidad to conduct regular courses, it was disclosed.
In January, another programme will start.
According to Chan-A-Sue, the six graduates will represent a major boost for LIAT.
The course allowed the six to acquire their Aircraft Maintenance Engineers’ Licence. The topics covered included aircraft regulations, piston engines, propellers, electrical systems and radio communication and navigation, among others.
“Altogether, the students received 2,000 hours of theoretical training and 4,000 hours of practical training at this institution,” the school said in a issued statement.
The six practised on aircrafts that included Cessnas, Islanders and the Dash 8s.
The CEO, noting his pride in the school facilitating the training, said that the aeronautical school has been certified to international standards with the students more on the field, doing practical work than in the classroom.
The school was named after the pioneers of aviation in Guyana, Arthur James (Art) Williams and Herman Edgar (Harry) Wendt, both pilot-mechanics, who in the early 1930’s laid the foundation for aviation in Guyana and by so doing, opened up much of the interior for the first time.
The desire to further the good work of these two men was initially the concern of two prominent organizations in Guyana’s modern aviation industry, Kayman Sankar Group of Companies and Correia Group of Companies.
However, the task of administration was handed to the Aircraft Owners’ Association of Guyana Inc.
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