First ANA Crews Complete Boeing 787 Pilot Training

– Boeing [NYSE: BA] and ANA (All Nippon Airways) have completed pilot training in Seattle, Wash., for the first airline crews who will fly the 787 Dreamliner.

Pictured here, a pre-flight inspection of the 787 Dreamliner before a day of flying over Washington state on May 25. From left to right – Kohei Sambai, ground coordinator, Flight Training Administration, ANA; Yasuharu Otsuka, 777 captain, instructor, project pilot 787 Flight Training, ANA; Mitsuo Nishida, 777 captain, check pilot, instructor, 777 Flight Training, ANA; Wayne Ridenour, 787, 777, 737 captain, instructor, assistant chief pilot - Standards Flight Training/Airplane, Boeing Flight Services, and Masayuki Ishii, 777 captain, director 787 Pre-Operations Planning, 787 Flight Training, ANA.

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