NAMA to Train Airspace Managers on Global Air Navigation Plan
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), has disclosed that it is set to train airspace managers across all country’s airports on Global Air Navigation Plan.
Mr. Mathew Pwajok, its Acting Managing Director NAMA who made this disclosure over the weekend in Port Harcourt during this year’s Airspace Managers’ Forum, added that this training was targeted at equipping the airspace managers with global trends in strategic air traffic management.
Pwajok explained that the training would help in building the capacity of the airspace managers for seamless airspace operations in their various domains.
According to him, it was necessary that airspace managers at the nation’s airports are kept well-informed of global trends in airspace management, adding that aviation was a global sector without local standard.
“There is no Nigerian aviation standard. We are not operating in isolation and so we are maintaining international standards. We are benchmarking and implementing the International Civil Aviation (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs),” he added.
He posited that the training would expose managers to Global Air Navigation Plan, Regional Air Navigation Plan and National Air Navigation Plan as well as keep them acquainted with the Civil Aviation Policy, which is the basis that guides operations nationally.
Acting Managing Director NAMA said: “You must also be kept abreast of the aviation roadmap or master plan of the Federal Government; our Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) master plan and the milestones towards attaining these master plans because these are frameworks within which we are expected to operate in carrying out our statutory function as the nation’s airspace manager.”
The NAMA boss reiterated that airspace managers needed to be topnotch in understanding the national air navigation plan as it relates to the implementation strategies, milestones, timelines and, technology roadmaps for achieving the national plan as well as the strategic position of NAMA in the total plan.
He also drummed up support for their buy-in to ensure successful implementation.
Pwajok highlighted that with the increased pressure on the aviation industry at the global, regional and national level, resulting from the growth in passenger and cargo, there was the need for the agency to develop capacity to be able to cope with the growing traffic.
