NCAA urges continuous training for improved safety in aviation

The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Chris Najomo, has emphasised the need for continuous training and knowledge impact in the highly regulated aviation industry.

Represented by the Lagos Regional Manager, Bukola Teriba, at the yearly cabin safety workshop, themed: ‘Culture, Attitude, and Cabin Safety,’ which was held in Lagos, yesterday Najomo emphasised that everyone has a role to play when it comes to safety, necessitating the importance of impacting more knowledge with the airlines.

“Safety is a continuous change. We know that the industry is highly regulated and is in compliance with the ICAO standards and regulated practices. The NCAA is about training and retraining, that’s why we have made provisions for continuous training. Training is a continuous accumulation of knowledge.

“No knowledge is lost, and safety is our priority. We would ensure the airspace is space and know that the importance of the cabin crew is not just to serve tea, coffee, or meals; it’s all about preventing accidents and incidents on board the aircraft and giving the occupants of the aircraft the confidence that they are safe,” Najomo said.

Head, Cabin Safety Inspector, NCAA, Maria Umoh-Ordor, who reiterated that culture is the way of life of a people and attitude is the way, said that professionalism is paramount in the daily operations of a cabin crew.

“So what we want to bring out is that as a cabin crew or as a cabin safety professional, you should rise above your culture and your attitude to be a professional. Professionalism is the focus here. We’ve been having workshops, but we haven’t had them for over five years because of exigencies.

The last one we had was in 2016, and as we were planning to have another one, COVID came, so, it slowed us down. That’s why we made up our minds that this year we must have the workshop. It’s something we envisaged that we should be having yearly,” Umoh-Ordor said.