Originally Posted by
Good Vibs
For all of us who have flown helicopters in Nigeria or West Africa know that many times of the year the weather is really difficult and requires the best of flying skills.
But for a Nigerian Business Man to die in a helicopter in a weather related accident in “Sunny California” is really paradox.
If I may generalise: African professionals, and amongst them Nigerians first and foremost, have a non-wavering, uncritical admiration for the United States of America. Specifically on CEO level, they and their partners, jointly or separately, love to ostentatiously spend time and money there.
None of the before-said is meant to take away any responsibility from the operator for delivering a safe and reliable air service. It is the right of the paying public, however naive, to by completely oblivious of the many considerations that go into aeronautical decision making, and to totally rely on the operator to make the right decisions on their behalf.