The Hyderabad Aviators Meet 2019 was the 13th
Edition of the meet held on the 1st August. The Meetup was organized
in BMW Showroom in Hyderabad. It was a purely networking meetup. It was
organized by passionate professional pilots from across the airline industry
spectrum. The attendees included pilots from airlines, general aviation, flying
schools, aviation medicine experts, aviation historians, ex-defence personnel
etc.
People started arriving from 1900Hrs which was the scheduled
start time. The seating arrangement was convenient for the interactions and
networking with people. Everyone was friendly and interacted well with others.
Sharing experiences, nostalgia, cribbing about schedules etc all was part of the
conversations. There was a band playing live music as well. There was a small book
presentation ceremony of Aviation history in India.
Many conversations by newcomers to an event was what is this
networking meetup? Its like making new friends on social media and
participating in random conversations like one does in groups etc. There goes
an explanation using analogy from virtual world to the real world. Never
expected that such a case would exist but that’s the reality with the current
generation! 😇
The hosting of the event at a BMW showroom raised many
questions for quite a few. Was the host purely looking for sales? On checking
online, BMW was in fact associated with Aviation. Pre-World War era, it was into
aircraft engine manufacturing. This fact was not highlighted by anyone around
on the day. However, they turned up to be very good hosts – A big applause!
Post event, there was another event for shaking a
leg✨/letting loose at another venue – which I did not attend and hence cannot
comment.
