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Tina Drazu is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, who has served as a first officer at
Uganda National Airlines Company Uganda Airlines, legally Uganda National Airlines Company, is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival of the older Uganda Airlines (1976–2001), Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001. The current carrier began flyi ...
, Uganda's national carrier airline, on the A330-841 aircraft, since February 2021. Before that, since April 2019, she was a first officer on the CRJ 900 aircraft, at the same airline. As of October 2023, she was one of the only two female first officers on the A330-841 at the airline.


Background and education

Drazu was born in
Arua District Arua District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. Like many Ugandan districts, it too shares its name with its administrative center of Arua. The name Arua is said to be derived from the Lugbara name for prison (Arujo) and prisoner (A ...
, in
West Nile sub-region West Nile sub-region, previously known as West Nile Province and West Nile District, is a sub-region in north-western Uganda, in the Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Region of Uganda. Location The sub-region is bordered by the Democratic Republ ...
, in the Northern Region of Uganda. She obtained her commercial pilot licence from Cape Flying Services in South Africa in 2010. In 2020, she was among the pilots selected to undergo training on the A330-800 equipment. She completed the type rating training at the Airbus Training Center in
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, United States, in late 2020.


Career

Drazu spent one year and three months flying with Asante Airlines in
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, from January 2011 until March 2012. She was then employed by
Aerolink Uganda Aerolink Uganda is a privately owned airline in Uganda, licensed by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority with an air operator's certificate. It specializes in transporting tourists to Uganda's National Parks, saving their time and allowing them ...
from July 2012 to April 2019, as a line pilot. In 2013, while at Aerolink, she made
captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police depa ...
on the
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equipment. In April 2019, Drazu was hired by Uganda National Airlines Company, as one of a small number of female pilots at the airline. As of February 2021, Drazu was one of five female aviators at
Uganda Airlines Uganda Airlines, legally Uganda National Airlines Company, is the flag carrier of Uganda. The company is a revival of the older Uganda Airlines which operated from 1977 until 2001. The current carrier began flying in August 2019. Location T ...
, out of 50 pilots at the airline. She and
Vanita Kayiwa Vanita Kayiwa is a Ugandan airline transport pilot, who serves as a first officer at Uganda National Airlines Company, Uganda's national airline carrier, on the A330-841 aircraft, since February 2021. Before that, effective April 2019, she se ...
were the only two women who were members of the cockpit crew on the A330-841 aircraft at Uganda Airlines, at that time. Drazu and Kayiwa are role models for young Ugandan women who want to pursue a career in aviation. The two have gone further than any woman before them.


Other considerations

As of April 2024, Drazu is the elected
general secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, Power (social and political), power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the org ...
of the Uganda Professional Pilots' Association (UPPA).


References


External links


Behind the Wheels: Uganda Airlines pilots
As of 29 April 2019.
Meet The Two Women Pilots Flying The Uganda Airlines A330-800neo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Drazu, Tina Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ugandan aviators Women aviators People from Arua District People from Northern Region, Uganda Commercial aviators Women commercial aviators People from West Nile sub-region 21st-century Ugandan women