It's blind faith, crass arrogance, ignorance or a combination of all three, to expect a zero accident in an environment where the institutions, agencies, infrastructure and the requisite workforce to support aviation are constantly abused and misused. Politics is placed ahead of policy, short term economics before safety. The regulator is struggling to assert it's autonomy, the airlines are grossly mismanaged and placed in perpetual unsustainable indebtedness, the technocrats dont give a toss as long as their pockets are lined, the politicians as long as they're re-elected, the business moguls as long as their spanking new private jet operations are unimpeded. A training institution (NCAT) established over 50 years ago still unable to conduct ATPL certification or commercial jet type rating training (TRTO). The industry with no in-country full service maintenance , repair and overhaul (MRO) facility for commercial operators. Safety information handling is best reactive and practical evidence of a safety culture across the industry does not exist in most organisations. (details for another time). Summary: Implausible!!!
As a starting point: The entire transport policy for Nigeria needs to be re-written. We need clearly defined policies and their respective strategies with specific objectives and time-lines for safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability.
As a starting point: The entire transport policy for Nigeria needs to be re-written. We need clearly defined policies and their respective strategies with specific objectives and time-lines for safety, reliability, efficiency and sustainability.
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