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Mr. Christo van Straaten

Senior Flight Inspector / Flight Inspection Operations Manager
Civil Aviation Authority

Christo van Straaten has been with the Flight Inspection section from 1984 when the section was still under the auspices of the Department of Transport and recently with the CAA since it's inception three year ago. As an active flight inspector he is also responsible for the marketing and planning of flight inspection in the SADC region.
1980 - 1984 Graduated from Wits. Technicon NHD Electrical /Engineering.

2000 Graduated from Damelin with a Dip. Logistic / Strategic Management.

From 1995 he resumed responsibility for all operational duties regarding flight inspection within South African and neighboring States.

1993 -1994 He was project leader for a new FIS installation of an in-house design system into the then Department of Transport's DC3.
He is presently involved with the establishment of a Flight Inspection separate business unit (SBU) within the CAA umbrella.