Wanted: Data bank for jobless aviation experts

 

                                                    igerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT)

Executive Director Centre for Aviation Safety and Research (CASR) Sheri Kyari is seeking the establishment of a data bank for unemployed aviation experts in Nigeria.

Such bank, he said, would assist relevant aviation authorities to source for personnel.

The aircraft engineer said the bank should include the number of unemployed pilots, engineers, flight dispatchers , cabin crew , air traffic controllers and other key aviation technical business that are seeking employment.

He said it is the duty of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to facilitate the establishment of the  bank to enable it assist airlines and other organisations seeking competent personnel to run their business.

Kyari said the NCAA should liaise with the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria in Kaduna State to ascertain the number of aviation professionals trained by the college.

Such partnership, he said, would facilitate necessary licensing by the regulator to serve as a pool of expertise in the sector.

Kyari urged NCAT and NCAA to adopt the curriculum development model in place by Ethiopian Aviation Academy in Addis Ababa, which enables it to equip its graduates preparatory for job pursuits in America and Middle East.

He said the Ethiopian government introduced advanced courses in its aviation academy to enable its pilots and other professional graduates secure Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensing as well as licensing from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).