Pilots win TVB contest aimed at helping airline staff become actors

Derek Mackesy (right) and Keith Shing won first and second place respectively. Photo Derek Mackesy/Instagram

Pilot Derek Mackesy has won the talent contest, See Me Fly Again, aimed at offering airline staff an alternative career as actors.

Mackesy is a captain who has served for 10 years at the Hong Kong airliner, Cathay Dragon, before it ceased operations last October.