SAS,
That was announced quite a while back and it also announced that many of them are being replaced by new twins. The market in Nigeria for single engine qualified pilots is pretty limited and likely to become more so when the singles in Escravos are also phased out. The other problem for FAA licensed pilots in Nigeria is that the NCAA won't recognise a type rating unless the pilot has done an approved or factory course as there are no type ratings on an FAA licence. Many of the pilots there have only CPLs, which would only qualify them to fly as co-pilots on twins in Nigeria and that possibility is soon likely to be phased out as more national pilots arrive fresh from training in SA and USA. If a pilot hasn't flown a twin before he's also now required to do an MCC rating and a twin upgrade course. Many of the single pilots in the GOM also have no IR, so I don't think it's by any means as simple as you think. When was anything in Nigeria ever easy
