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Bristow Helicopters To Spend N720m On Pilots Training
The Managing Director, Bristow Helicopters, Capt. Akin Oni, last Thursday said that the company would spend $4.8 million (about N720 million) on the training of its pilots in 2013.
Oni told newsmen in Lagos recently that the company would expend the sum of $300, 000 (about N4.5 million) on each of the 16 pilots to be trained during the period.
According to him, the training of pilots, engineers and other technical personnel, is a yearly exercise by the company.
He said that the pilots would be trained at International Aviation College, Ilorin, Kwara.
Oni said that the candidates were picked from 2,000 applicants and the training would last for eight weeks.
He explained that after the initial training at Ilorin, the trainees would go for further training at Bristow Academy, Florida, United States of America.
“The purpose of the training is to correct expatriates quota in the aviation sector, hoping that in the next couple of years, the helicopter company will fully be taken over by indigenous people,” he said.
He stated that the Florida training would be for 12 months, where trainees would be fully exposed to pilot training.
“The purpose of this training by our company is for us to contribute our quota to the Nigerian policy on reduction of expatriate pilots.
“We have been doing this for many years and we will continue to do this until the whole company is taken over by Nigerians.
“In 2002, we trained 20 pilots and in the last five years, we’ve trained 70 pilots and we have been doing this training for the past 25 years,” he said.
He said that over 70 per cent of the helicopter pilots working in the country were products of the company.
Oni said that the company was presently training 12 engineering cadets at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State.
According to him, plans are also underway to train another batch of 20 engineering cadets at the same college, bringing the total number of cadet engineers to 32 for 2013.
He noted that the company was partnering NCAT to renovate its two classrooms and also sending its helicopters to the school for training.
Oni also said that Bristow was training four instructors from the college in the United Kingdom.
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Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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