Pilots can be a bunch of to$$ers at times. We r so quick to jump to conclusions without the facts. It makes me wonder how some of us will act if faced with airborne emergencies.
Did any of u bother to get the facts before castigating the crew?
The bird strike occurred on departure but the engine vibrations went out of limits over 15 minutes into the flight and the IFSD was accomplished. Owerri-Lagos is about 42 minutes. When faced with all the facts, all pilots I've spoken to gave d crew
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The level of technical knowledge and modern operating procedures is abysmally low in Nigerian aviation. There has been so much drivel spewed around in response to this incident:
1. NCAA officials reprimanding d crew for following d appropriate checklists
2. NCAA officials telling the crew they should av abandoned the checklists and just landed
3. Pilots criticising the crew for declaring a mayday
The pilots May have not been paid but the flew the airplane like pilots that ad been paid. They did it by the book.
Oh! BTW they did not operate to London that day. Arik's flights to London are morning flights.