Have you ever wondered who is flying the plane when you travel on SA Express? Or wanted to know more about what a job as a cabin crew member is like? Well, now’s your chance! Every month we will introduce a few members of our SA Express family, because by getting to know them, you become part of the SA Express family too.
Brandon Nathan
Line Check Captain of Standards
Length of Service at SAX: Employed for 16 years with SAX
Please tell us briefly what your job involves: My duties are to: Fly the line on a day-to-day basis; conducting line flying under supervision for new crew members coming onto the CRJ fleet; carrying out line checks for fellow crew members; flying as a co-pilot when needed; and keeping the Flight Standards Manual current and up to date.
What is your favourite part of your job? My favourite part of my job is completing any challenging task, such as dealing with bad weather (low cloud and fog or late afternoon thunderstorms) with little or no delay to our passengers.
What do you like about working for SA Express? SA Express as a company is a very professional outfit that looks after the needs of its employees superbly, with the emphasis on safety and an all-round friendly, efficient working environment.
Have you ever had any funny incidents or encounters while on the job? Recently, just after we started the engines and were being pushed back onto the taxiway, we received a warning light in the cockpit and our attention was diverted from the normal operation of telling the ground crew member to unplug his headsets. After rectifying the problem on the aircraft we requested taxi clearance and started taxiing, only to hear the ground engineer screeching that he was still plugged into the aircraft! What could have been quite a dangerous situation turned out to be quite funny after the dust had settled.
Seabe Rampa
First Officer
Length of Service at SAX: Two and half years office based and two years as a pilot.
Please tell us briefly what your job involves: My job involves providing my Captain with as much information as possible prior to and during the flight in order to operate in a safe manner according to our standards manual.
What is your favourite part of your job? The actual flying and landing of the aircraft; I enjoy the challenges that come with that.
What do you like about working for SA Express? They provide opportunities for us to grow in the company through hard work.
What would people find surprising about your job? The amount of theory and study involved in the job. Most people think that all we do is fly.
Have you ever had any funny incidents or encounters while on the job? Yes, the first few times I had to speak to passengers, I would get so nervous at times I’d end up mumbling.
Andre Wesley Basson
Junior First Officer
Length of service at SAX: One year and eight months. Please tell us briefly what your job involves: Assisting the Captain in the safe operation of the aircraft while ensuring the passengers’ comfort and safety.
What is your favourite part of your job? Flying the aircraft.
What do you like about working for SA Express? It is a very family orientated working environment.
Have you ever had any funny incidents or encounters while on the job? When Johannesburg Tower greets crew from other countries in Afrikaans, the “Afrikaans” attempt is usually laugh-inducing.
Chantell Engelbrecht
Flight Attendant
Length of service at SAX: Six years.
What is your favourite part of your job? Meeting new and interesting people every day, and being able to travel to exciting destinations.
What do you find most challenging about your job? Weather is the most challenging part of my job, because we can only get a true idea of the weather conditions during the flight. This creates an unforeseen challenge that must be dealt with at that specific time.
What do you like about working for SA Express? I like working for SAX because of their core values, which are: safety without compromise; customer satisfaction above all else; speed and reliability; and above all striving for continuous improvement. This is a reflection of the values that I set for myself in my own life.
Have you ever had any funny incidents or encounters while on the job? Once, when we came in for landing at Hoedspruit, we had to do a turnaround because a family of warthogs with their little ones was busy crossing the runway, much to the excitement of the tourists on board en route to their safari expedition.
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