Author Archive for Fatima Jakoet

Fatima Jakoet lives by the motto ‘I love what I do and I do what I love’. Born in Cape Town, she had the joys of a carefree childhood in the Boland town of Wellington. After graduating with a degree in Chemistry, she explored the field of forensic science as a toxicologist and narcotic drug expert. A crime scene investigation exposed this adventurer to an airport tarmac...a scene that changed her life forever - a moment of silence in front of a Boeing 747-400. She packed her bags and ventured Down Under. She graduated at the BAE Systems Flight Training College in Adelaide, Australia two years later, with a Commercial Pilots' license and returned to South Africa to brave the African sky. Today she keeps the South African flag flying high and claims to have the best office at 35000ft.