Benedict Samlal

Everyday People PNG : Benedict Samlal

I am the third born in a family of six.

My mother is from the Mortlock Islands in ARoB and my father is from the Madang Province.

I first became a pilot in 2001.

I got my commercial pilot license with multi-engine instrument rating and in September of 2002, I started flying the Dash8 aircraft with Air Niugini and eventually progressed onto the Fokker100.

After 12 years I resigned and took up a job with Hevilift.

In 2016 I left for PNG Air.

I got my first command in 2017, and eventually made captain on the ATR in 2018.