The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday debunked Senator Orji Kalu’s allegation on the floor of the Senate that pilots and plane crews were involved in substance abuse and that the Authority does not do proper checks. The Director General, NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo, while reacting to the allegations, hinted that contrary to the impression […]
It has emerged that Nigeria spends over $2 billion annually on expatriate pilots who fly for schedule commercial airlines, charter service operators, and private jet owners. It was learnt that Nigerian airline operators and aircraft owners pay expatriate pilots about $7,000 per month, and those that have about 3000 flight hours can insist on more, […]
*Says pilot in command of flight suspended indefinitely since incident for lack of professionalism Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace Limited, has reacted to the report of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) on its flight operated by Boeing B737-524 aircraft with registration marks, 5N-BQQ, which overshot the runway on landing at the Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo […]
Air Peace has elevated two of its accomplished Senior First Officers (SFOs)—Obinna Okeke and Adedamola Adeoye, to the rank of Captain on its Boeing 737 fleet. The milestone ceremony took place at the airline’s corporate headquarters in Lagos and was graced by its Chairman and CEO, Dr. Allen Ifechukwu Onyema; the Chief Operating Officer, Mrs. […]
Globally there is paucity of pilots, a development that has made them some of the most mobile personnel in the world that are being sought after. Aircraft manufacturers may have their timeline for manufacturing planes but the equipment so produced and acquired by airlines and lessors will need to be operated by seasoned pilots. The […]
