Dear NIJASEA,
In a "normal" world Ministers/Politicians/Governors are supposed to take responsibilities for missmanagement and bad performance in their sector, irrespective of the quality of advisors or other related people.
The Minister is the head of the division and if !!!! hits the fan, he/she has to take responsibility............
Your statement just reflects the average mindset of aviation profesionals working in Nigeria.....
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so if we can't get things done properly we should stop flying/ signing out aircrafts. The last line of defence for the safety of passengers is the flight deck crew.
A usual working day in Naija meens for flightcrews to deal with incorrect loadsheets, HIL items filling several techlog pages, continues fuel shortages, erroneous flightplans, wrong pax numbers, expired METARs, mental ATC requests, powerless airport facilities, unserviceable ground NAV/COM equipment,................................
Complacency and flawed manner has become a norm as the majority performs in this way, means in order to get an aircraft even airborn, most of flightcrews/maintenance are cutting corners constantly....
If the flight deck is left as the only line of defence for the safety of passengers, then it will continue to rain aircrafts out of the Nigerian sky.
It is the responsibility of all Airlines in Naija to create a " safety culture", and it is the responsibility of the Aviation Minister Stella to provide the required infrastructure and to assure that airlines are working in accordance with rules and regulations.
So if Stellas answer to the aviation safety problem in Nigeria is to ban aircrafts older than 15 years, she might be overdue for the petition in lunacy........................