Michael Etyang

Michael Etiang is a Ugandan airline pilot and business executive, who served as the chief pilot of Uganda Airlines, the revived national airline of Uganda, from April 2019. until November 2022. He concurrently serves as captain at Uganda Airlines, on both the CRJ900-ER and the A330-841 equipment.

Background and education Etiang was born in Tororo District. His late father, Paul Orono Etiang (1938—2020), was a civil servant, politician, diplomat and community leader. Etiang attended Bentham Grammar School, in the United Kingdom. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Law and Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

In 1993, Etiang was admitted to the East African Civil Aviation Academy, in Soroti, Uganda, where he obtained his commercial pilot licence. Later, he obtained an ICAO airline transport pilot licence. Over the years he has flown for a number of domestic and foreign airlines including Eagle Air Uganda, ZanAir, DAS Air Cargo, Virgin Nigeria, JetLink Express, Rwandair, Fly540 (today Fastjet), and Garuda Indonesia.

In his new position as chief pilot at Uganda National Airlines Company, he is responsible for making sure that all pilots are trained and are current with their competencies and skills. He serves as a member of the airline's senior management team.

He was part of the four-person Ugandan cockpit crew who piloted the first two CRJ-900 aircraft purchased by Uganda National Airlines Company, from Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, to Entebbe, Uganda, in April 2019.