Biggie, the problem is not the foreigners nor arik's mgmt. Like the proverbial saying, "we have found the enermy and it is us".
The competence of nigerian pilots will be questioned when our so called aviators lie about DME distances, lie about their position, request engine start when the pax have not even started boarding and all such crap.
For the first time in nigeria, people are being hired bcos of their competence and not who they know or if they are hausa, ibo or yoruba and all the associated crap.
If people are being told they did not pass their assessment, let them go to zaria and rent an aircraft and brush off. In the west, when people are going for interviews they hire a sim and polish their skills.
it is sad to see the state we are in, the jokers and the slackers who paraded themselves as "professionals" should be ashamed of themselves.
Think about it, does it make sense to hire foreigners at such exorbitant cost to the company. Arik is being smart, they need people who know what they are doing and in the long run safety is maintained and insurance cost will not run them out of business.
Like they say with computers, garbage in, garbage out.