Phone Wind
... how many lives will be lost before anything meaningful is done to improve aviation safety in Africa in general ...
In my saddest and most cynical mood: There is no limit to the number of deaths that African aviation can sustain and never enough to get something done. Bear in mind that there is no collective force in Africa, as there is in Europe or the Middle East, or the ASEAN countries, where they seek to over ride their individual political and national needs for the benefit of the region. All African countries have their needs first and last. They see no purpose to advise/interfere with their neighbours as they do not wish that to happen to them in return.
flash8
As long as life is cheap in these places nothing will change.
As an ex-Africa resident and family still in that continent, I don't think it's so much about life being 'cheap' as, rather, that life is not rich!
There is a fatalism in Africa that we no longer have in Europe and that
is not aimed at those who see their fate in terms of a particular religion that is currently mentioned every day in the west. Many in Africa see their lives as being pre-destined, irrespective of which ever 'religion' they have and many have 'religions' that are nothing to do with any that we have heard of.
If you wonder why it is that Africans tolerate repressive regimes (Zimbabwe) ones that exterminate local people (Sudan) ones that embezzle funds (Take your pick) then you may get a line on why nothing is going to change. Whether you perceive it to be good or bad - that is Africa.