The United States Federal Aviation Administration, FAA will on Monday, August 21 begin the audit of the Nigerian aviation industry.
This will commence with an assessment visit to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.
A four-member team from the FAA have arrived Nigeria to conduct the audit.
The members of the team are Louis A. Alvarez, Team leader, L.P.Vanstory, Operations Specialist, Benjamin Garrido, Airworthiness Specialist and Jeffrey Klang, Attorney.
A statement by the general manager, public relations, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye said the FAA officials will assess the State’s aviation law, regulations and oversight capability in accordance with the eight critical elements as defined in ICAO document 9734.
Adurogboye explained further that during the assessment, the team will need to visit the facilities of an Airline Operators Certificate, AOC holder. They will look at the operations and maintenance organisations.
He said at the end of the assessment there will be a debriefing session at the headquarters of the NCAA.
