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Margie Viljoen

Margie Viljoen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Retired

  • Education

    • Sandringham High School, Johannesburg, South Africa

      1980 - 1984
      Matric with university entrance Matric

  • Experience

    • National Airways Corporation

      Aug 1987 - Oct 1995

      Front-line interactions with clients providing quotes, booking charters, arranging aircraft, crew, catering, flight planning, overborder clearances, ticketing. Meet-and-greet passengers before and after flights. Arranging medevac flights. Managed aircraft for passenger comfort, safety, operational reliability as First Officer and Captain on Beech King Air 200, and Captain on Beech Baron 55/58. Front-line interactions with clients providing quotes, booking charters, arranging aircraft, crew, catering, flight planning, overborder clearances, ticketing. Meet-and-greet passengers before and after flights. Arranging medevac flights.

      • Operations Coordinator

        Jul 1992 - Oct 1995

      • Pilot/Operations Coordinator

        Aug 1987 - Jul 1995

      • First Officer/Captain

        Oct 1990 - Jul 1992

      • Operations Coordinator

        Aug 1987 - Oct 1990

    • Comair Limited

      Mar 1996 - now

      Line Check Captain flying the Boeing 737 -200, -300, -400 and -800 on domestic and regional routes within South Africa.As a Line Check Captain, I ensure that the crew adhere to Comair’s Standard Operating Procedures by operating check flights, and providing feedback to the crew. In addition, I provide mentorship to Senior First Officers who are preparing for their transition to Captain.My area of expertise as Comair Line Check Captain is legislation compliance. This entails detailed research of legislation, including NOTAMS, AIP, AIC and proposed legislation changes and ensuring that Comair complies.In addition, I am the publisher of Standards Focus, a monthly publication from the Standards Department, which aims to highlight areas of concern in the operation, new information and amended procedures. Show less

      • Line Check Captain B737

        Jan 2003 - now

      • Airline Pilot

        Mar 1996 - Nov 2019

      • Captain B727

        Jul 2001 - Jan 2003

      • Senior First Officer B727

        Jul 1997 - Jul 2001

      • Senior First Officer ATR42

        Mar 1996 - Jul 1997

    • Airline Pilots Association of South Africa

      Jan 2006 - Aug 2019
      Executive Committee Member

      As an Executive Committee Member, my duties included attending regular meetings and conferences, participating in sub-Committee activities, determining policy, researching and proposing new policy, and various other union activities. In 2010, I was nominated by ALPA-SA to be an observer and advisor to the newly formed SA-CAA Aeromedical Panel, offering operational guidance during discussions determining medical fitness to fly.

    • Airline Pilots Association of South Africa

      Nov 2022 - Dec 2024
      General Manager

      The national voice of Pilots

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Airline Transport Pilot

      South African Civil Aviation Authority
      Jan 1990

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Margie Viljoen
      Gold Presidential Award Airline Pilots Association of South Africa Mar 2017 Margaret is awarded this Presidential Award in recognition of her dedication, leadership and direction to the membership of ALPA-SA over many years. Margaret has served the CPA branch as an elected member as well as chairman. She has been an elected member of the ALPA-SA Executive for 14 years and also served a term of office as Vice President of the Association. Her expertise in trauma counselling has benefitted members and their families.Margaret has volunteered her personal time… Show more Margaret is awarded this Presidential Award in recognition of her dedication, leadership and direction to the membership of ALPA-SA over many years. Margaret has served the CPA branch as an elected member as well as chairman. She has been an elected member of the ALPA-SA Executive for 14 years and also served a term of office as Vice President of the Association. Her expertise in trauma counselling has benefitted members and their families.Margaret has volunteered her personal time and service to be part of the Critical Incident Response Programme and is part of the South African Mayday team. She has been nominated to serve on the SACAA Aeromedical Committee for a third term and her experience, expertise and professional dealings with the authorities has resulted in them caller for her nomination year after year.We commend Margaret for her commitment to the pilot fraternity and for personal sacrifices made for the enhancement of the profession of Air Line Piloting.Awarded on this 15th day of March 2017 at the Pilots’ Conference Centre, Kempton ParkWilliam Rooken-Smith (President) Show less
    • Awarded to Margie Viljoen
      Certificate of Appreciation South African Civil Aviation Authority Jun 2012 For contribution in the Aeromedical Committee of the South African Civil Aviation Authority.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Peer, Mentor, Technical Advisor

      Issued by Mayday South Africa on Jan 2011
      Mayday South AfricaAssociated with Margie Viljoen

    • Advisory Committee Member

      Issued by South African Civil Aviation Authority - SACAA on Jun 2010
      South African Civil Aviation Authority - SACAAAssociated with Margie Viljoen