Africa can do it right....shall we begin?
This is a forum where we can let our hair down and take swipes at events that garnish our mortal existence.
However, this is not the time for rash innuendos and cheap rhetoric. This is about constructive prognosis of how to get Africa out of the woods. I’m certain that the pilot community here has got a lot of thinking capacity and innovative ideas behind the mask of subtle arrogance and bravado that we encase our personas with.
It is not an under statement that most African countries have sadly maintained the status of pawns in the grand game of international politics and economics. They’ve remained perpetually developing but never developed. The idea of national interest has been proved to be rather myopic and counter productive as technology and globalisation has put paid to the axiom “ what goes around, comes around”. Case in point Chernobyl, three mile Island And what do you know; the earth is indeed round. The economic and political arch rivals of the 19th century have realised that to remain relevant in the 21st century, they need to bury the hatchet and team up; now we have the EU. The magic words; synergy and regional co-operation.
Have African professionals abandoned the continent to the whims and caprices of “where the wind blows”.?
The UN was primarily founded to provide the focal point for the pursuance and maintenance of global peace, but it looks like conflicts are here to stay as long as nations invest in producing arms. Is it possible that conflicts are usually encouraged and precipitated in order to sell arms?
The truth is that though Africa bleeds for it, the planet will eventually pay for it.
Any thoughts why, Africa is notorious for escalating and prolonged regional conflicts involving small/medium arms while no country in Africa manufactures those arms.
Why African countries produce crude oil, but end up importing refined oil; they produce cotton, but import clothes; produce aluminium and steel, but import cars, produce fare paying international passengers, but have a horde of blacklisted airlines. If Africa is incessantly misled by the bait of hypocritical foreign aid, used and abused as the global dumping ground. Some day,the whole planet will begin to stink.
Where is the moral high ground when Africa is accused of being corrupt yet the loot ends up in Banks and businesses in ' "civilised and ethically upright" nations? Truth; nations only have permanent interests in order to achieve and maintain competitive advantge.
USA, EU and other developed countries have vested economic and political interests in Africa. Unless they avoid Africa completely, once in a while, the message that the unsafe African are skies will prove unsafe to all who dare to fly. Moral in the story? Safe African skies, eventually mean a safer planet!
Truth is, it takes two to tango. Irrespective of the status quo and the way it works; Africa should wake up a steer itself out of these troubled waters.
How do you address to the African aviation question?
Last edited by DRPAM007; 4th Jun 2011 at 01:35.