The first Air Canada aircraft arrived in Recife, Brazil in mid-December 1986.
 The life of a Training and Development Supervisor isn’t all that bad, especially for Marty Bruin of Halifax, who recently accepted an assignment in Recife, Brazil to do ground handling training.
Brazil's fourth largest city in the past few years has become a popular vacation spot for Canadians. This winter several tour operators offered all-inclusive tour packages and had contracted an Air Canada B-747 aircraft to be used on the route.
The on-board crew and staff who were on hand to meet the flight are, top to bottom and left to right:
Jim Wonta, Route Operations Supervisor; J. Batista, Purser (on special assignment); Captain Fisher; R. Faughnan, Flight Attendant; A. Nemeth, Purser; J.P. Lalonde, Acting Ramp Service Supervisor; Flight Attendants C. Fernandes Fuente, S. Ebisuaki and M. Van Den Hogen; R.M.Shorthill, First Officer; Flight Attendants F. Brinck, J. Elder Prothasow, H. Ohrner, D. Estey, F. Plamondon, D. Hay; Marty Bruin (Halifax) and A. Jorge.
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