Air Peace has promoted two members of its flight crew, Messrs Oluwasegun Fatonade and William Devine to the rank of captain.
Speaking during the decoration of the new captains at the airline’s corporate headquarters in Lagos, the carrier’s chairman/chief executive officer, Mr. Allen Onyema said he was proud that they scaled the tough tests for donning the four-bar epaulet and urged them to sustain the high safety standards the carrier is reputed for.
The rigorous requirements the new captains were subjected to, he insisted, were necessary to ensure they were qualified for the high quality of the airline’s flight operations.
He assured that the airline would continue to reward excellence as a pro-staff organisation and ensure that its workers were promoted without regard to ethnicity and favouritism.
“I’m one of the happiest persons today. I take pride in seeing people grow. We are pro-staff. In our own little way, we try to ensure that staff enjoy their time here. Anyone can become anything they want to be here without discrimination.
“I don’t meddle in matters involving selection and elevation of our flight crew. It is strictly on merit. For the flight crew training team to have adjudged the new captains worthy of flying for Air Peace, they really must be good. It says a lot about their quality.
“The tough tests they passed through before being selected for elevation as captains was necessary to ensure the sustenance of the high standards of our flight operations.
“It’s not everyone that was tested that made it. I urge the new captains to continue to work hard to sustain the high quality of our flight operations. The position of a captain is one that comes with huge responsibility, but I have no doubt they will excel in their new roles,” Onyema said.
For his part, Air Peace head of training, Capt. Ndubisi Ekwempu, described the captains as “hardworking” and “dedicated” members of the flight crew.
He also described their promotion as “well deserved” and urged them not to rest on their oars.
