Tanzania: Local Pilots Fail to Get Jobs

FOREIGN domination of the country's civil aviation includes foreign recruitment of cabin crew and flight operation officers. Professional Association of Tanzania Pilots (PATP) Secretary General, Captain Khalil Iqbal, said yesterday that discrimination of Tanzanians in the civil aviation industry is not only affecting pilots but also other cadres.

"As I speak, we have 40 qualified but unemployed flight officers and cabin crew roaming our streets because they can't find jobs as foreigners are given preference," Capt Iqbal told the 'Daily News.'

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