Romain Hoarau

The first time I got to know the aviation world was as a mechanic in high school. Because of this training and especially after my Part 66 B1.1 and my Flight training, I am precise, strict and able to work in accordance with the safety procedures. After my graduation, I wanted to be challenged more, to improve my knowledge.

I had the opportunity during my trainings to do several jobs and internships. As an example, at Sabena Technics TAT working on the A330 and A300. Those experiences showed me how to behave and act in the aviation world.

During my pilot formation I had the chance to do a student job at the maintenance of my school. The possibility to work on the aircraft I was flying on was an amazing opportunity, for my experience and my knowledge. I was able to feel and to see what went wrong on the aircraft and then fixing it the next day.

I started my Flight training in France during one year to validate my theoretical exam. After my exam I went to United States in Florida for my private pilot licence but we had to come back due to COVID-19, Then I finished my Instrument Training in Belgium to get my Commercial Pilot Licence.

Due to a competent, ambitious instructor I got the opportunity to do a three-day trip around Europe with a DA42. Me and another student were in charge of the preparation.

We had to prepare for example: the routing, weather, taking in account the corona measures, refuelling location and coastprice, specific security regulation etc. We flew thirty hours in total and we landed at several airports such as: LDSP, LGKR, LFKC or LFMD. This trip taught me how to manage the fatigue after long hours of flight, to anticipate weather conditions, how to deal with ATC, SLOTs and how to work as a team. It made me realize that in order to do a good flight, preparation and teamwork are keys.