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Senior Instructor, Ore Haulers
Anja Kowalczyk
Anja Kowalczyk heads the Lumen outstation on Ceres and teaches the Ore Hauler Type Rating. She has flown Leviathan Ore Haulers since the type entered service in 2182 and took part in the record-breaking Vesta Ring Run…
BM
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Dropship Descent Instructor
Bakari Mensah
Bakari Mensah leads Dropship Landing Certification from the Arsia Plateau training pad on Mars. He has made more than 900 landings in the Cascade Dropship, including descents to new colony sites and two seasons…
CM
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Salvage Tug Instructor
Callum McBride
Callum McBride runs Salvage Tug Operations on the Lumen Orbital Range near L5. He worked for 12 years as a Basilisk Salvage Tug pilot for an Oceania-based salvage firm, clearing derelicts from busy lanes around Earth…
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Chief Flight Instructor
Dario Okafor
Dario Okafor is Lumen's Chief Flight Instructor, responsible for every syllabus, every instructor standard and every check ride the academy runs. Based at the Shackleton Base training wing on Luna, he oversees around 90…
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Training Commander, Deep Explorer Command
Élodie Marchand
Élodie Marchand is training commander for Deep Explorer Command and leads our Titan training annex. She commanded the Odyssey Deep Explorer on two multi-year expeditions, one to Neptune and Triton and one to the Uranian…
EN
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Training Captain, Passenger Liner Command
Emeka Nwosu
Emeka Nwosu is senior training captain on Passenger Liner Command. He has captained the Halcyon Starliner since 2185 on the Earth-to-Olympus Ring route and has more than 11,000 hours of multi-crew flying behind him…
GA
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Head of Instructor Standards
Grace Amoah
Grace Amoah oversees how Lumen trains its own instructors and leads the Flight Instructor Certificate course. A former Kestrel captain and instructor with 2,000 hours of right-seat teaching, she later studied adult…
HR
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Senior Flight Medical Officer
Hamid Rostami
Dr Hamid Rostami leads flight medicine at Lumen, overseeing aeromedical certification for every student and the radiation-dose clearances required for gas giant and outer-system courses. He is based at Shackleton Base…
IC
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Careers & Hiring Partner Manager
Inês Carvalho
Inês Carvalho manages Lumen's relationships with its hiring partners, the freight lines, mining cooperatives, rescue trusts and passenger lines that recruit graduates and sponsor seats. In 2186 she placed 94 per cent of…
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Senior Instructor, Heavy Freight
Joaquín Ibarra
Joaquín Ibarra leads the Heavy Freight Type Rating course from Shackleton Base. He spent 14 years flying the Atlas Heavy Freighter for a Mars freight union, the last six as captain, and he still holds a current line…
KB
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Ice Runner Instructor
Kaito Brennan
Kaito Brennan teaches the Outer-System Ice Runner Rating at Enceladus Station. He flew the Tempest Ice Runner for an ice consortium for seven years, hauling water from Enceladus to the Belt, and holds a specialist…
LN
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Medevac Flight Instructor
Leila Nasser
Leila Nasser leads Medevac Flight Operations from the Olympus Ring above Mars. She flew the Seraph Medevac for a rescue trust for eight years and logged more than 300 live missions, including the recovery of 11 miners…
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Director of Admissions
Marisol Huamán
Marisol Huamán leads admissions at Lumen, guiding about 4,000 applicants a year through course choices, entry requirements and funding options. She began her career as a Kestrel first officer before moving into student…
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Gas Giant Skimming Instructor
Meera Raghunathan
Meera Raghunathan heads the Jovian detachment on Ganymede and teaches Gas Giant Skimming. She has flown more than 1,400 skimming passes through Jupiter's upper atmosphere in the Nimbus Gas Skimmer, and spent two seasons…
MT
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Head of Simulation
Mei Tanaka-Hollis
Mei Tanaka-Hollis runs the Lumen simulator centre at Kepler Yards on L5 Lagrange Station, home to 14 full-flight simulators covering every ship in our catalogue from the Sparrow Trainer to the Halcyon Starliner. Her…
NS
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Survey Corvette Instructor
Nadia Sato
Nadia Sato runs the Survey Corvette Rating on the Vesta Survey Range. She spent nine years flying Valkyrie Survey Corvettes for prospecting crews and science teams, mapping asteroids in the Belt and ice shelves on…
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Courier & Interceptor Instructor
Oskar Brandt
Oskar Brandt teaches the Courier & Interceptor Rating from our L5 hangar. A former express courier pilot, he flew the Aurora Mk II on L5-to-Mars runs for five years and holds the academy record for most solo hours in…
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Academy Principal
Sabine Aalto
Sabine Aalto has been Principal of Lumen Pilot Academy since 2179. A former Atlas Heavy Freighter captain with 9,000 hours on freight routes between Luna and Mars, she joined the academy as a type rating instructor and…
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Lead Instructor, Foundation and Shuttle
Tevita Fonua
Tevita Fonua leads the First Solo: Foundation Flight programme at Tasman Field and teaches the early phases of Shuttle Operations. He has sent more than 600 students on their first solo flight, and he still personally…
TS
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Chief Examiner
Thabo Sithole
Thabo Sithole is Lumen's chief examiner, a designated IFSB examiner who leads a team of 22 assessors conducting check rides across every course. He is responsible for keeping examinations fair, consistent and…