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Tukur on Azman Air Suspension: AON President should Resign on Reckless and Unprofessional Statement


The Chairman of Fly Hudson Aviation and former Deputy General Secretary of the Airlines Operators of Nigeria, (AON) Alhaji Mohammed Tukur has joined other industry stakeholders in condemning the statement issued by the AZMAN Airlines’ management after the suspension of its operations by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

Recall that the airline’s Boeing 737 series were on Monday grounded by the  NCAA for safety audit following several incidents and mass sack of its pilots for their refusals to fly on safety grounds.
The management in Reacting to the suspension of its operations by the NCAA, management  of Azman Air issued a statement claiming that the action of the authority was a vendata from the Director-General, Captain Musa Nuhu over unresolved transaction way back in his days as the Nigeria’s permanent Representative at the International Civil Aviation Organization, (ICAO) in Montreal, Canada.
Alhaji Mohammed who described the press statement by the airline as reckless and unprofessional, said by such action, the Managing Director, Alhaji Faisal Abdulmunaf was no longer fit to serve as the accountable manager of the airline.
He also demanded that the Chairman of AZMAN, Alhaji Abdulmunaf Sarina should honourably resign his position as the Chairman of the domestic airlines’ body, Airline Operators of Nigeria, (AON) because he has exhibited lack of intergtity and honour to lead the body.
Tukur opined that for AZMAN to have towed the line of blackmail to respond to the action of the NCAA, indicated its lack of understanding of the safety procedures in the aviation industry adding. “it is not easy to witchhunt in this industry because the records and books on NCAA inspections are open and cannot be manipulated “.
While urging the NCAA boss, Captain Nuhu not to be deterred by the unfortunate bkscmail, Alhaji Mohammed suggested a withdrawal of the airline’s aiirworthiness certificate, (AOC) if in at the end of the audit AZMAN is found culpable so that it will serve as a deterrent for such action by any airline in future


Source: AfricanBusinessTravel

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