Esther Veldstra is a First officer with Alliance Airlines on a Fokker 50, based in Adelaide. Before this, she worked for 14 years for the RFDS as a Captain on a PC12, of which 13 years based in Port Augusta and the last year in Adelaide. This was precedented by working in the General Aviation for over 10 years in different parts of Australia.
Besides the extensive regional aviation experience, Esther also obtained her Masters in Aviation Human Factors in 2011 and has been involved with the safety and technical team of AUSALPA since 2016 and is a long term AFAP pilot Welfare Representative.