Tevin Belasco – Gotta Fly!

On Saturday, flight AA 3076 from JFK New York, touched down at the Hewanorra International Airport in Vieux Fort, at approximately 12:30 p.m. On board was Saint Lucia-born First Officer Tevin Belasco, on his first flight into the island as a pilot since earning his wings nine years ago. “To work this flight to the place where my passion for aviation started is a great honour. This is truly a dream come true,” Belasco wrote on his Facebook page.  St. Lucia Times has since spoken with the young Saint Lucian pilot, who shared with his us his journey from being raised by a Trinidadian father and a Saint Lucian mother in the community of Grande Riviere, Gros Islet to piloting large aircraft. “My interest in aviation started when my mom and I used to visit my father in various Caribbean countries due to his line of work as a plumber in the oil industry,” Belasco related. “Whether it was at home in Saint Lucia or Trinidad, on Sundays we used to go for these family drives and my dad used to stop off near the airports to watch the planes take off and land. I think my dad was also...