Mr Adoyi Sunnie, General Manager, GM, DOLTS\Head ATO Inspectorate, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, addressed the participants on the importance of sticking to the very high ideals as encapsulated in the NCAR, for the ultimate well-being of the air transport industry in Nigeria. Train the trainers held at NCAA annexe, MMIA, LOS
Approved Aviation Training Organisations, ATOs, have been persuaded not to be content with the minimum regulatory standards statutorily required of them, but to constantly endeavour to improve from the basics to the ultra high standards.
This was the charge by the Director General Civil Aviation, DGCA, Capt Chris Najomo, of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and the charge was also part of the takeaway from the three-days training organized by the NCAA.
Capt Najomo who was ably represented by the General Manager, Licensing, NCAA, Mr Hyelni Bassi, noted that more often, most aviators’ career success or otherwise are shaped by the value systems, and ethical standards impacted on trainees right from the ATOs.
Hence, the DGCA expressed the fervent desire for all ATOs to ensure strict adherence to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, NCAR, standards which is the global benchmark.
He noted that such adherence to the quality standards of graduates will ultimately inspire the entire aviation value chain to be in sync, as it holds the prospect of enhanced safety, industrial growth, and prosperity of the nation in all its socio-economic indices.
Capt Najomo who was ably represented by the General Manager, Licensing, NCAA, Mr Hyelni Bassi, noted that more often, most aviators’ career success or otherwise are shaped by the value systems, and ethical standards impacted on trainees right from the ATOs.
However, the DGCA openly acknowledged as part of the rationale for organizing the train-the-trainers was the growing challenge to uphold stipulated standards, being in tandem with the dynamics in technology adaptation, mobility of regulations and the ever-changing operating environment that is far from being static.
In his contribution, Adoyi Sunnie, head of aviation training organisations Inspectorate of NCAA, said the seminar was to analyse available data, and conjecture on the outcome expected from different ATOs, and project the bigger picture of how competent products from these ATOs would fill increasing available jobs for professionals.
The workshop comes to an end today, Wednesday, 26th February 2025. The outcome of the powerful three days of train-the-trainers is expected to be measured in the quality of the various industry personnel that will henceforward be churned out by the various Aviation Training Organizations in the immediate future.
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