otokx:

Don't be too sure, some Nigerians do not just care, they will tell you that death can happen anywhere.

ismhab: HOW ABOUT THE 1000 PEOPLE THAT USE TO DIE DAILY ON OUR ROADS, DUE TO LACK OF BAD ROADS AND OVER SPEEDING BY THE DRIVERS, WHEN WILL THEIR LICENSE BE SUSPENDED.

wallex1983: I have seen the end of all these. [size=14pt]Senate is saying the executive should have worked on preventing it, keeping silent on the fact that they have a duty to perform oversight. They forgot that if they have done their oversight right, it may have been averted.[/size]

Castos: All Dana technical officials must be put on a plane with bomb onboard with them. They must die by crash.

tunapawizzy: Well a good step at least. Maybe diezani should also step aside for free and unfettered investigation surrounding the oil n gas sector probes too. Bloody hypocritical government. Anyways good one on this

ballabriggs: Firstly, it is the way to go when an event like this occurs as Dana seems to be a high risk organisation. However, as Nigeria seems to be a high aviation accident risk country there is a need to give safety utmost priority. International aviation standards as adhered to in Nigeria may not be sufficient given the high likelihood and impact of aviation accidents in Nigeria. It then becomes important that Nigeria must move beyond International standards and make its own standards to suit its own jurisdiction. For example, if the ICAO standards require biannual checks, our standards could make it quarterly given the risk in the industry.

Secondly, enough of regulating how much airlines could charge as fares. As airlines strive to comply with regulations, they tend to incur higher costs of operation. How do they comply when you place limits on chargeable air fares? It is a known fact that air travel in developing countries is more expensive when compared to the developed world. This is because of the high risk and the low income level in these jurisdictions as airlines have a limited scope for growth and the accompanying economies of scale. Any airline that charges 80,000 naira on a return flight in Nigeria has not charged sufficiently.

Thirdly, give protection to whistle blowers. There were a good number of staff who knew something was wrong but could not come out to speak as there was no formal channel and protection given to potential whistle blowers. This is what the unions and the Professionals in the aviation industry should be advocating. Everyone seems interested in making this money whilst ignoring the problems in the system. My Politicians are only making noise because they don't want to die as they fly these coffins daily. We have been shouting over the trucks and trailers on our roads and the havoc they cause but no one seems to be bothered. One is thus forced to ask, would you live till eternity on this wealth you keep accumulating?

If we make our country better, we would all be better off.

ukpaku: Were have u been that u are asking of the reason. Or u no here say there plain clash?

ismhab: HOW ABOUT THE 1000 PEOPLE THAT USE TO DIE DAILY ON OUR ROADS, DUE TO LACK OF BAD ROADS AND OVER SPEEDING BY THE DRIVERS, WHEN WILL THEIR LICENSE BE SUSPENDED.

Kobojunkie: I hope Dana Air sues. What do you mean shutting a business down simply because you want to conduct an investigation.

People are, as always, too quick to jump to conclusions . . . we are not sure of what happened and it is nonsensical to suggest that this is the best the government can do at the moment. We have a ministry of Transportation, and a ministry of Aviation for pete's sake. What were they doing BEFORE this happened?

drzed:

You have spoken well, my brother. This are the sorts of comments that bring me to Nairaland. Constructive and insightful.
Let us all learn from this mistake by both Dana Air and our corrupt and inept government. Many of us will find ourselves in leadership position one day. I especially applaud your suggestion on protecting whistle-blowers. No democracy can work if there are no checks and balances, and citizens/professionals can play a role by exposing corrupt and evil practices in their places of work.

Once again, well done for your post.

EPOMA:
My guy no worry, tomorrow they will start flying out looking for foreign investment.Lets say Dana took loans to buy planes and invest in Nigeria, h[b]ow will they service their debt[/b].Yet licenses of oil companies that pollutes our land and kill more people than this are never suspended. A lot of Nigerians are so shallow minded just like their government, tomorrow another one will crash and they will be suspended. they should suspend the safety control team not the airline as we do know yet the cause of the crash as everyone is assuming and just yarning.
If this was to be Arik air owned by OBJ and Odili(yes I said it our electricity money), would they be able to suspend their license, common slot in heathrow that was taken from arik , the government fought to bring it back.

Time will will tell but the only thing is that we forget so soon

BetaThings:
Sue?
What will Dana be claiming?
It is a corrupt system being fed up with negligent airline
The hands of Dana are not clean. They can NEVER EVER SUE. So much is at stake
What happen to AquaDana, Dana Motors, ParaDana and those injectables business

ismhab:
TO ERR IS HUMAN, BUT TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE.

Kobojunkie: I hope Dana Air sues. What do you mean shutting a business down simply because you want to conduct an investigation.

People are, as always, too quick to jump to conclusions . . . we are not sure of what happened and it is nonsensical to suggest that this is the best the government can do at the moment. We have a ministry of Transportation, and a ministry of Aviation for pete's sake. What were they doing BEFORE this happened?

LeoMax: You are naive

BetaThings:

Please stop talking about debt to a negligent company by a negligent bank
153 people on board, 37 on ground! You are talking about loan. may God never allow that loan to be repaid

Actually I am looking at execution at bar beach!. We need to rid this country of murderers!
That is the only way these criminals will get the message
Nigerians are angry right now. Jonathan cannot afford to make any serious errors on this issue

tuneh: even if the FG didn't suspend their licence, the airline is doomed anyway. Who'd fly with them after this?

LeoMax: I need Indians out of Airspace and out of our telecoms, they are fraudulent in all their dealings, from telecomms to pizza joints.

Kobojunkie:

Do you have proof of this claim the reason for this accident is corruption in the system? If yes, present it and spare us millions of dollars in so-called investigations to follow a la FG.

Dana has the chance to sue here. No real investigation has been conducted, so it makes no sense to suspend the airline's license. The Company can definitely win this if it does go ahead with it, and I hope it does.

wandeay: they should have done dis 2 years ago if the aviation sector is really functioning, d maximum years for aircraft in Nigeria is 20, nd dis particular one is 22, no doubt, the remainin ones wil be around 23, 24, and 25 years old, and frm what they said, ''the plane had earlier flown to ibadan on saturday, nd flown from lagos to abuja on sunday b4 returning back to lagos", a 22-year old aircraft with this over-work, y wil it not crash, useles leaders

BetaThings:
Ok. Show me where a private sector company with interests in various sectors has ever sued FGN
If Dana Air sues tomorrow, by Thur, Dana can no longer produce water - NAFDAC will strike
Dana Pharmaceuticals will lose its licence to produce drugs on Friday - Min of Health will suspend that licence
I have ABSOLUTELY no doubt in my mind that Dana will NEVER EVER sue

There are other ways in which the coy can be settled for this make-believe "tough action" by the FGN
Nigerians are baying for blood. Jonathan has to give something

Kobojunkie:

Dude, what are you on about? So because you have not heard of any Nigerian company has done it before, you assume that it could never be done?
Just so you know, it has happened before and can happen again.

Please get back to arguing that which you are aware of, and stop dribbling.