I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support during the three months I've been in Mozambique. The e-mails, skype chats, pictures...everything. It really helped keep my head on straight. I must say that I really miss my family and friends and I feel a sense of ease knowing I'll see them soon.
From an Aviation viewpoint this trip has been very interesting. I have learned many things while flying in a country that has had little knowledge or exposure to how the process of aviation has evolved. Technology...computers....you know, stuff like that. And more importantly how this technology can radically simplify an already complex business. The funny thing is that they already have everything they need to make this transition but are held in a bizarre holding pattern of past paperwork practices of a communist country. That is how it's done. On paper in triplicate times three. All that paper will be filed into huge warehouses, stacked to the ceiling in boxes that no one will ever see. (Like the end of Indiana Jones #1).
The other side of the story is that in spite of all the "interesting" situations, lack of technology, process and planning, the airplanes flew and eventually people found their destinations. There's a lesson in there somewhere I think. And it's probably a good one. Although I will need to quit drooling and sleep for a week before I can contemplate what it might be.
Tchau and Muito Obrigado
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