Ogunbambi, who dropped the figure at an aviation forum in Lagos recently, said the number does not include Nigerians who live and are operating overseas without recourse to the NCAA. The NCAA issues pilot licences, which come in various forms, such as student pilot licence, private licence, and commercial pilot licence. Both the student and commercial pilot licences are either in aeroplane or in helicopter. Ogunbami who commended the number of female pilots, noted that this number of pilots are deemed active because their medicals, proficiency, and instruments are still within the validity period of five years. He however explained that there were other factors that could interfere with licence validity during those five years. “When we talk about lifespan we are talking about the validity of a license. Validity last for five years but within this period, there are requirements that determine validity. In these requirements we have medical validity, instrument validity, night validity to ascertain if the pilot has flown in the night before; there is proficiency validity and if all of them are not in place that will make the license not valid,” he said. He said NCAA converts air transport pilot licenses as it does not have an approved training organisation (ATO) in the country now that trains up to the level of airline transport pilot licenses (ATPL). “That is why people go abroad and come back with foreign ATPL and we convert them. “NCAA also issues cabin crew license as it has approved training organisations in the country that train candidates for cabin crew licenses. It also gives flight dispatchers’ license, aircraft maintenance engineering licenses, aeronautical station operators licenses (ASOL), air traffic controller licenses and aircraft safety engineering licenses,” he said. For foreign pilots, he said a foreign pilot cannot apply for licence directly as an applicant, adding that he has to do that through an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) holder or private individual that has hired the pilot. He noted that in line with the regulation NCAA has to accept the foreign licenses but it has to carry out the necessary checks to verify the identity of the holders of the licenses in order for the pilots to be allowed to fly in Nigeria’s airspace because they will have to operate with the knowledge of the nation’s air transport regulations.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Number Of Female Pilots In Nigeria Rises To 127
Ogunbambi, who dropped the figure at an aviation forum in Lagos recently, said the number does not include Nigerians who live and are operating overseas without recourse to the NCAA. The NCAA issues pilot licences, which come in various forms, such as student pilot licence, private licence, and commercial pilot licence. Both the student and commercial pilot licences are either in aeroplane or in helicopter. Ogunbami who commended the number of female pilots, noted that this number of pilots are deemed active because their medicals, proficiency, and instruments are still within the validity period of five years. He however explained that there were other factors that could interfere with licence validity during those five years. “When we talk about lifespan we are talking about the validity of a license. Validity last for five years but within this period, there are requirements that determine validity. In these requirements we have medical validity, instrument validity, night validity to ascertain if the pilot has flown in the night before; there is proficiency validity and if all of them are not in place that will make the license not valid,” he said. He said NCAA converts air transport pilot licenses as it does not have an approved training organisation (ATO) in the country now that trains up to the level of airline transport pilot licenses (ATPL). “That is why people go abroad and come back with foreign ATPL and we convert them. “NCAA also issues cabin crew license as it has approved training organisations in the country that train candidates for cabin crew licenses. It also gives flight dispatchers’ license, aircraft maintenance engineering licenses, aeronautical station operators licenses (ASOL), air traffic controller licenses and aircraft safety engineering licenses,” he said. For foreign pilots, he said a foreign pilot cannot apply for licence directly as an applicant, adding that he has to do that through an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) holder or private individual that has hired the pilot. He noted that in line with the regulation NCAA has to accept the foreign licenses but it has to carry out the necessary checks to verify the identity of the holders of the licenses in order for the pilots to be allowed to fly in Nigeria’s airspace because they will have to operate with the knowledge of the nation’s air transport regulations.
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