Martha Itaar's father, Proud of His Daughter Becomes a Garuda Indonesia Pilot Woman from Papua

Martha Itaar's father, Proud of His Daughter Becomes a Garuda Indonesia Pilot Woman from Papua

Yakobus Itaar, Martha Itaar's father, could not hide his pride for the baby, Martha Itaar who was accepted as a Garuda Indonesia female pilot from Papua. According to James, being accepted as a Garuda Pilot was a very sentimental achievement.
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Because, this not only makes the family proud, but also proves that Papuan women have the same abilities as the others. He admitted that the ideals of being a pilot for a woman were not easily achieved because all this time the profession was identical with the people of Adam.
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Martha Itaar is a woman born in Jayapura, November 21, 1996. Martha Kecil is a person who has been accustomed to standing since attending school. The fourth child of the couple James Itaar and Anita Baru had indeed dreamed of becoming a pilot since childhood.
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"The pilot was the ideal of Martha since childhood because he saw that many flights were dominated by men, so he wanted to show that women could fly planes," he said in Jayapura, Thursday (1/8/2019).
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Martha also stands out in the academic field. Martha himself was a graduate of Jayapura City High School 1 in 2014. "The academic value is indeed outstanding, the exact score is always above 9. After graduating from high school Martha took the Papua Provincial Human Resource Bureau program test for education abroad," he said.
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When registering, the Papua Human Resources Bureau has provided a choice of various universities in several countries that can be selected by test takers. At that time Martha immediately chose Nelson Aviation College, New Zealand.
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Martha is the recipient of a Special Autonomy (Otsus) scholarship from the Papua Provincial Government of around 150 Papuan students studying at Nelson Aviation College, New Zealand.
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Of the four people who graduated to New Zealand, two men and two women, Martha graduated from Nelson in 2017 and became one of the best students. A number of permission to fly in his pocket. These licenses include the DGCA License, Private Pilot License, Commercial Pilot License, Frozen Airline Transport Pilot License, and Multi Engine Instrument Rating.
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Reported earlier, Garuda Indonesia recruited two female pilots to provide opportunities for local sons and daughters who had achievements and capacity. Martha Itaar is one of two female pilots from Papua who were recruited by Garuda Indonesia.
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When joining Garuda Indonesia, Martha had 2 years of flying experience. Garuda Indonesia President Director Ari Akshara said that the graduation of the two Papuan daughters deserves appreciation because the recruitment of Garuda Indonesia Group pilots has fairly high standard requirements.
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He hopes that Martha and Vanda can be a motivation for young people, especially Papua, to have the same enthusiasm and optimism in pursuit of their ideals.