HONG KONG's Cathay Pacific Airways has announced the appointment of Chris Kempis, currently general
manager flying, as director of flight operations effective from mid-2018
- pending regulatory approval.
Mr Kempis will oversee all aspects of the airline's flight operations, taking up the post after 25 years at Cathay Pacific.
He spent this time being responsible for managing the airline's flying
standards, including checking and training activities. He is the Air
Operators Certificate (AOC) holder for training at Cathay Pacific.
Mr Kempis joined Cathay Pacific in 1993 as a first officer on the Boeing
747 fleet, later becoming a training first officer on the Airbus fleet
and received his command in 2002.
After joining the flight operations management team in a training
management role in 2004, he was appointed chief pilot (Airbus) in 2008,
where he was responsible for standards, flight-technical and operational
matters on the Airbus fleet.
The current director flight operations, Anna Thompson, will take up the
position of director Human Resources at Swire Properties Limited.
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