22/06/2022
INSPIRING AFRICANS - FROM WAITRESS TO PILOT
Meet - Precious Sibalo, inspirational Commercial Pilot and former Cabin Crew at Qatar Airways from Plumtree, Zimbabwe. She started off as a waitress and worked her way to her dream profession.
She was raised and schooled in the rural areas in Plumtree and high-density suburb in Magwegwe, Bulawayo.
Her late mother had her at age 17, she was brought up by her grandparents and she wasn't good in mathematics in Secondary School. At age 17, she also had a child and relocated to South Africa cause she could no longer proceed to the University. Upon arriving in South Africa, Precious worked as a waitress, but all this could not stop her from achieving her dream.
โIn South Africa while I was working as a waitress, I worked with excellence. When I was there, customers would see potential in me because I was very optimistic, very jovial person because I believe in the power of the mind."
"I love reading books, I love empowering myself, keep positive because I believe you are the character of your thoughts. So, every time with that in mind, I would work with excellence and my customers would tell me to try many things like modeling. Some of the customers told me to also apply via a website called OVC and apply overseas. So, I worked as a waitress and moved overseas, for over three months I was in Dubai."
"While I was in Dubai I applied for a job at Qatar Airways. Among my six friends who applied for the job, I was the one who was chosen for a job of an air hostess and I moved to Qatar Airways. I worked for five years at Qatar Airways while I was saving money to become a Pilot which was my childhood dream," said Precious Sibalo.
With the help of her friends and family Precious managed to save enough money for her Pilot training and when that was done, she approached Qatar Airways and spoke to them about her dream and they encouraged her and recommended that she enrolls at 43 Air School in South Africa and she never looked back.
Precious Sibalo holds an Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) world's highest level of Aircraft Pilot Licence from 43 Air School, South Africa.
She is currently flying to build hours in South Africa, in an effort to achieve her next goal - flying big planes at Qatar Airways.
"People should never give up on their dreams. I used the job of a waitress as a stepping stone. Some people will always say โI will never take this jobโ. No, take it and use it as a stepping stone. The same waitress job, took me to Dubai and paved the way for my job at Qatar Airways," said Precious Sibalo.
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