By Spy Uganda
Kampala: Hamidu Mbowa is a Senior First Officer (co-pilot) at Uganda Airlines, the country’s national carrier.
Mbowa graduated from the East African Civil Aviation Academy in October 2011 with a Commercial Pilots license.
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He went on to join Kampala Executive Aviation in 2012 gaining experience initially as a copilot eventually becoming a Captain on the Cessna Caravan 208 and the Pilatus PC 12.
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He served with Kampala Executive Aviation until 2019. Following a successful interview with Uganda Airlines, he was selected to go for training on the CRJ900 as a First Officer and completed his training in Toronto in October 2020.
He has since then steadily built a good reputation for being a reliable, skilled, dedicated and proficient pilot, motivated and capable in handling all responsibilities of the second in command on the CRJ.
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Summary About First Officer Hamidu MbowaÂ
Fleet:Â CRJ900
Position:Â Senior First Officer
Total Time: Over 4,000 hours
Total Jet Time:Â Over 500 hours
Total Jet Command: N/A
Qualifications: ICAO Â Airline Transport Pilots License (Uganda.)
Commercial  Aircraft  Flown:  Cessna Caravan 208, CRJ900
