Noemi Kral – “Strive to feel, think and do, so as to bring something good to all” Noemi is an airport expert at Slot Consulting Ltd., in Budapest What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I hope this is not too disappointing but it was not aviation at all… I was… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
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The stories of interesting people with their unusual flight plans
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Guenter Martis – The humanist among us Guenter is Director of European Affairs at CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I wanted to become an inventor, like Marconi. I wanted to invent things with which I could contribute to the well being of mankind.… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Kathleen O’Brien – Houston we have a problem… Kathleen O’Brien is an Associate Technical Fellow with Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle. What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I loved to read and becoming a librarian looked like a good choice. You know how it is, little girls did not have… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Patrick Ky – From Wissous to the helm of SESAR Patrick Ky is the Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking. What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? At first I was dreaming of becoming a football star! In time this changed to pilot… I wanted to be a commercial pilot.… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Anna Kurlanc – Brace for impact! Anna Kurlanc is currently an R&D engineer at the Dutch Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) Air Transport Safety Institute (ATSI) What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? This may sound strange, but aviation was never on my mind back then… Architect, journalist and press photographer were the… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Paul Hopff – The winding road to Belgocontrol What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? Until about age 6, I was determined to become a railroad station master, you know the guy with the red cap. But then the aviation bug bit and I never recovered… What moved you to become… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans… (irregular edition)
Steve – the college drop-out When making the interviews for this series of articles I was asked a few times: How did you become an air traffic controller? Although I invented the series to talk about others, I will allow a small break now and tell you a part of my story… Frightening second flight… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans… (irregular edition)
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Istvan Bozsa – forever controller What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? We lived near the airport and I was dreaming of becoming a pilot from very early on. I remember how we took the bike to ride all the way to the perimeter fence and watch the planes for hours… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Rob Mead – Long-way turn from Yellowstone to Seattle What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? Actually… I did not dream of anything in particular. I put passion into everything I did, wanted to be good in what I did… I always felt that life was going in a good direction… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Interesting people, unusual flight plans…
Jozsef Torocsik – the first Hungarian at EUROCONTROL What were you dreaming of becoming when you were a kid? I could boast and say that I have always wanted to be an air traffic controller… but it would be a lie. I remember having admired airplanes and airports from around age 6 but my early… Continue reading Interesting people, unusual flight plans…