The Ancient Geek
Sounds like you do not understand Africa
After 10 years of flying there, that is true. I don't think anyone will ever fully understand it.
I left because i felt my life span was getting shorter the longer i stayed. It was not my flying, or the planes i flew that worried me, but the total apathy i encountered from all levels of people there, from fueling and loading staff, to the various CAA's. They don't care, it wont happen to them.
Flying with a reputable 1st world carrier in Africa is just as safe as anywhere else because crews have learned how to work around the infrastructure problems.
I disagree. A lot of the crews we met were always amazed how well we coped with the basic facilities available, most of them could not wait to get back north of the med to the safety of "the 1st world" with working infrastructure, which was all they knew and understood. Had to once explain how to do an NDB approach, which is usually the only nav aids still working, to a visiting crew for a
British
Airline.
But you may be right, no idea how the dark continent works.