Melissa Game
Most pilots say it beats working for a living, says Game, 30, who after
graduating in 98 spent four and a half years flying general charter in
north west Australia, soaring over waterfalls after wet season rains,
and flying doctors, visitors and supplies into places so remote most of
us will only ever dream about visiting.
Game doesnt know whether it was having an aviation-keen family, a
general thrill-seeking streak, or perhaps just watching Top Gun one too
many times but becoming a pilot is what shes always wanted to do and
she is now living her dream. She and her husband Dave (also a pilot
they met at the UniSA aviation academy) now work for Rex regional
airlines, flying passengers around the countryside to Port Lincoln, Mt
Gambier, Broken Hill, Whyalla and Roxby Downs.
I think most pilots do it because they love it. Its dynamic, its
constantly changing, and I feel privileged to have been to a lot of the
places I have been, says Game. Every landing is a challenge no two
conditions are ever alike.