Vicky Payne started in the Aviation world in 2000, working at Wings n Things Pilot Shop based at Lanseria Airport. She caught the aviation bug and moved on to Rossair Contracts in 2002 where she worked for 3 years. After being retrenched from Rossair in 2005, she started with Solenta Aviation as the S&C / East Africa Operations Controller in February 2005. In 2007, in need of change, she moved in to the DHL West Africa / Pelican Ops Controller position and in 2008 was subsequently promoted to Operations Manager. Vicky works with her Operations Controller, Juan Thessner, providing close attention to all their clients and contracts.