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30 Nov, 2016

Capt Jothin Pamon-Montri, VP Flight Operations, Thai Airways International

ASEAN Travel & Tourism Hall of Fame – Initiated by Travel Impact Newswire Executive Editor Imtiaz Muqbil to recognise the many veterans who helped grow and shape ASEAN tourism over the last 50 years.

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Date of and Place of Birth: 22 December 1935, Bangkok

Marital Status: Married, with one son, two daughters

 Education:

-Certificate (G.C.E.), Shoreham Grammar School, UK

-Certificate, Air Services Training Hambe, UK and Embry Riddle, USA

-Certificate, Commercial Pilot & Instrument Rating Multi-engine rating and ground instruction for air Transport License

Training:

-1976, Certificate “Intensive Advanced Management” conducted by Standford University at The European Institute of Business Administration – INSEAD, Fontainebleau Cedex, France

Working Experience:

Mar 1960 – Sep 1960: Assistant Dispatcher, SAS (BKK Station)

16 Sep 1960: Joined Thai Airways International as a Pilot Student

01 Jul 1961: Co-Pilot

12 Jul 1965: Captain

01 Dec 1966: Captain and Flight Instructor

15 Aug 1974: Captain and Deputy Director, Flight Operations

01 Feb 1975: Captain and Director, Flight Operations

19 May 1976: Captain and Vice President, Flight Operations

01 Dec 1983: Captain, Vice President, Flight Operations and Director, Catering (Acting)

16 Nov 1988: Captain and Vice President, Ground Operations

01 May 1991: Captain and Senior Vice President, Aviation Supports

01 Oct 1994 – 30 Sep 1996: Captain and Senior Vice President, Quality Assurance and Safety

Pilot Experience:

Captain of the Caravelle, DC-9, DC-8, B747, A300-600, DC-10 and MD-11

Was one of the early generation of pilots and aviation pioneers who led Thai Airways into the era of the jet-engine and wide-body aircraft, which paved the way for mass tourism to Thailand.

Source: Capt Jothin Pamon-montri, Travel Impact Newswire archives