₦airaland Forum

Okija_juju: Bros.. How do you think the aviation industry flight certification works? So you think its every take-off and landing that the Authorities will run out and start examining the aircrafts?

I don't know so I'm asking you?

I think there are standard routine inspections that must be done every X hours of filght time and there must be a standard checklist that they look at.

An aircraft is made up of a thousands of parts and I doubt they can check every one per flight. I have seen NTSB reports where the cause of a crash was a single loose screw in a hard to see part of the plane.. One I saw about an asian plane was a loose screw that was inside the tail rudder. Normally after a crash, all parties involved in the manufacture of the aircraft send reps to investigate the cause of the crash and if its a mechanical or electrical fault, they send iut a memo to everyone operating those same planes to check that part of their plane for any abnormality and in some cases they change that part on all planes..

All airlines grounded their A380 airbuses that were using General electrics engines after the Quantas airline blew the engines on one of theirs. Not all air misharps should be blamed on negligence of the minister.

Causes of a crash range from human error to mechanical failure to unsuitable natural ooccurences like lightening..

All we Ndi igbos are saying is if you can't fire Stella until you prove that she was complicit in some way for the cause of the crash assuming it was caused by corner cutting.

mamiel: Tinubu has the right to question the timing of SNC, and good to know he thinks it is a necessity though, plus acknowledging that it has to be thorough when it is conducted. But I believe that at the level at which we are divided right now, any president sitting at the helm this moment won't be out of place in proposing it NOW. The obvious fact now is that the possibility of an elections are threatened by bitterness and anger of almost all stakeholders, and one begins to imagine the possibility of individual groups stockpiling weapons in secret. I mean, if I was blindfolded at the inception of a business partnership for as long as a hundred years and suddenly my sight was restored to discover that I have been cheated all along in the business, of course I wouldn't want to carry on with the business until issues are made straight. Asking that the election comes first is like saying lets do one more deal before we reset the partnership agreement. Boko Haram suddenly came up recently and said all of 'NIGERIA' must be islamize. Well Lugard, Clifford and co did not mention that in 1914. Plus,the entire structure is so messed up NOW more than ever. If it falls apart will there a Nigeria to conduct an election in 2015? Talking about 15 months being too short, I don't think we will be starting from ground zero, I think it's aimed at fixing the structure.
Left to me alone, I believe every stakeholder has what it takes to make a great nation and should all go their separate ways if it comes to the worst. However there are also advantages to remaining one -combine military might and general economic synergy, bla bla bla. But this can only be possible if the centre is made unattractive and just a ceremonial figurehead. I believe we should have sovereign regional governments and only stand together for international purposes. There are just too many things to talk about a this time of the nations history and this is so not the time to play politics.
Tinubu spoke his mind and I respect him for that, and I too have a mind of my own. You too my country man, you have a mind of your own. If you are an educated man or woman, this is the time to stand for the uneducated and gullible in your community and clan. We cannot afford to be sympatizers of politicians at such crucial times because these people are trickish and selfish, just like the colonial masters. They started making a mess of us right from Oct 1, 1960. Kaduna Nzogwu was not a fool, it was the way the politicians were running the system that gave them the impetus to do what they did. Please do not replace your mind with that of anyone else; use yours, think independently for yourself and let your decision be fully your own, not Jonathan's, not Tinubu's

mbulela: That question does not have an answer. It is easy to tell folks to forget the messenger and focus on the message but their is nothing new in this message. Who does not know that GEJ is clueless,who does not know that he is pro-establishment and has no moral fibre to address the issues at heart? There is nothing new in what Amaechi is saying. We already know it. It is difficult to trust him. He has been on the side of the barbarians and it is not like he had a Damscus experience. If not for greed,he and Wike will still be joined at the hip and looting Rivers state blind.

mbulela: That question does not have an answer. It is easy to tell folks to forget the messenger and focus on the message but their is nothing new in this message. Who does not know that GEJ is clueless,who does not know that he is pro-establishment and has no moral fibre to address the issues at heart? There is nothing new in what Amaechi is saying. We already know it. It is difficult to trust him. He has been on the side of the barbarians and it is not like he had a Damscus experience. If not for greed,he and Wike will still be joined at the hip and looting Rivers state blind.

eGuerrilla: Atiku and these petit-bourgeois hijackers of what was once a noble struggle for equity, in the Niger Delta, are essentially two sides of the same coin. Based on known antecedents, neither party cares enough about the long suffering masses in the domains they purport to represent.

The real tragedy unfolding here lies with educated commentators who have arrogated to themselves the role of canon fodders, only fit to be used as primeval bulwarks.

Ola def2: I have say this before and I will say it again if the op like moh they hide my post " all the youths/ex-millitia from this n'delta region are useless and shameless' with all they have benefit from federal govt as not make meaniful achievement to them than to cause trouble and keep ranting 7days ! 7days! And should be lesson for those other region in support of it when govt give them bunch of money and different kind of things ' if 10% of what pple benefit from govt pass to other region of this country no youth will be suffer or stranded of job' " all they no is waste our resources... Jobless pple!

bakynes: I am nt a tribalisit just as u said and am nt discouraging Unity among Nigerians.But when a tribe associate with a tribe just because of the believe power will be handed over to them,I am totally nt in support of that and that is exactly what the igbos are doing. Forgetting the fact that we are in a democratic setting,Power cannot just be transfered from Person to Person those days have gone when OBJ did Power transfer which I will never support even if am a yoruba man.

moodswing: Very intelligent.

It's just like Taking your 12 months salary upfront to solve today's pressing financial burdens which will leave you with a lot of money to spend today but without pay for 11months.

Maybe we should print enough money to buy all the dollars in US treasury right?.

KingMEXX: Tinapa was a project meant to generate income for C/R and also attract foreign investors. It didnt have anything to do with location. All that are needed to make the project a success are
- Good awareness programmes. And by this I mean advertising it on International stations not just AIT,NTA
- Attract foreign and local investors
- Continuity and Maintenance. Nigerian leaders MUST learn to continue and maintain projects already started by previous administration.
Anyway, d Country is bewitchd so am nt even surprisd

eGuerrilla: Your hypocritical arguments need to be preserved for the benefit of your co-travelers, who would not recognise irony if it were to assume life-form and smack them straight in the face.

You were so co#ck-sure about Yar'Adua true medical condition yet have elected to fall back on circumspection in the face of insurmountable physical evidence, here.

Iolo: 1. You can't have 40,000MW in 4 years...not even in 8 years...our gas infrastructure would need to be upgraded, we woul need to build a lot more power plants, expand our distribution network to support the extra power. It's very unlikely we'd be able to afford all this (1,000MW costs approx $1bn).

I think at this stage in our political climate, we should have technocrat politicians. Give us how you intend achieving what you want to achieve rather than make blanket statements...the APC has said nothing of its proposed budget structure (e.g what % of the budget to go to power for it to meet its 40000MW target), how many plants it intends to build and all that..basically this same issue affects all the other things they are proposing.

My finding is that good intentions may lead to good policies, but not necessarily good leadership...the thing is that a lot of politicians find that without having made concrete plans on those blanket statements they make...they find that the situation on ground is a lot different than what they envisaged.

mbulela: The shameful incident at Rivers state House of Assembly is an ignominious and reprehensible indictment on the electoral process that begot those legislators and also shows the calibre of men(boys) that the governor and his former chief of staff - Nyesom Wike imposed on the people of Rivers state. These two political gladiators handpicked these members when the going was good. Most of them (except the very few well bred likes of Josiah Olu) are inveterate thugs and intellectual invertebrates, lacking in core and substance.

May God bless this man.
I have said it repeatedly, there is something fundamentally wrong with an polity that throws up retired and practising thugs as political and elected leaders. Something is fundamentally wrong. We do not need saints but we surely must do better than these thugs that habit our legislative chambers and executive mansions. If you go to the NASS,the case is not much different. Either the females are women of exceeding lose morals (in a society or world with acceptably low morals) or the men are convicted felons. Either they have never had any identifiable means of livelihood apart from feeding at the trough of our collective destiny or tales of ritualistic wealth have trailed their lives.
Are these the band of robbers and barbarians that will deliver development and progress to a nation?

Sisi_Kill: So we have gone from posting pictures of people to posting pictures of peoples taking pictures.

Yep, we have come far!!!

seniorklop: why did baba choose 2day to narrate this story after all these years? i wonder wat he wanted us to do..... exhume mko's body n interrogate him?na coward dey behave like dis, if u want 2 fight or challenge do so not when ur opponent is dead n helpless. baba should respect himself n allow d dead to face watever await him.

harakiri: The very people advocating for "Amnesty" to these cold blooded terrorists are the same people sponsoring them. Isn't it funny that whenever the Northern Elite "speak for their people", its ALWAYS complaints of inadequate funds from federal govt and "marginalization"? All they are interested in is more funds and more importantly, getting back the reins of power. BOKO HARAM IS ALL ABOUT THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS and nothing more. If a northerner (e.g Buhari or IBB) had emerged as president after Yar'Adua died, things would have been different. The senseless killings came into full force and progressively skyrocketed and GEJ became president.

Their intention was frustrate his tenure so it would seem as if he is not doing anything about "security" and thus, deter him or anyone that isn't from the North from contesting. Amnesty is given to people fighting for a just cause NOT rampaging lunatics who wipe out entire families in cold blood.

The Northern Elite keep complaining about inadequate funding yet its been revealed that they control 83% of our oil. Apart from that, what do their governors,senators,rep members and LG chairmen do with all the billions they get from Abuja every month?

The Sultan should shut up!!!

pro01: Ihe neme....something wan to happen

Johniyke2flex: These ethnic crusaders will never learn. I am a proud son of d SE, nd i can reliably tell u dat it really does not matter dat d honourable senator pointed out the obvious. When its tym 4 God to bring u out of the dunghill, he necessarily does not need oil blocs allocated to ur constituencies. No! Wen God wants to lift a nation, He raises people. Inputs in them passion and distinctive attributes. Lets stop cursing ova d obvious that d senator pointed out, that clearly has not made any difference in d communities of diz individuals. Instead of oil blocs dat will thereafter be a curse to its hosts, lets agitate for men with the right attitude and character to mount the saddle in our different constituencies.