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Captain Georgina Sutton will become the first female chief pilot for a major Australian airline when she takes up the post with Jetstar Australia and New Zealand in February. Sutton is leaving Qantas, where she is currently the Boeing 767 fleet captain, and moving to Melbourne for the chief pilot role at the Qantas-owned low-cost carrier.

Stewart Wilson from Aero Australia has taken out the aviation journalist of the year for 2014 at the National Aviation Press Club awards, edging out Australian Aviation senior contributor Geoffrey Thomas who was named runner-up in that category. Thomas won two other awards at the presentation dinner, which took place in Sydney on Friday November

Aviation Australia graduate Rachel Dudok was presented with this year’s Vocational Student of the Year at the Australian Training Awards which took place in Adelaide on November 21. She was shortlisted for the award early in November after winning Queensland’s Vocational Student of the Year. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become

When Poh Ling Yeow creates a dish, the recipe is usually drawn up for between four and eight people. Ten at most. However, her new collaboration with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) means preparing meals for a fully loaded Airbus A330-300 filled with 283 passengers, which can be quite a daunting process. This content is available exclusively