{"id":182282,"date":"2023-08-13T18:05:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=182282"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:05:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:05:46","slug":"observation-air-peace-and-cultural-differences-debacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/observation-air-peace-and-cultural-differences-debacle\/","title":{"rendered":"OBSERVATION: Air Peace and cultural differences debacle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What should have been a piece of cake for the first Air Peace charter to Antigua ended up with the \u2018wealthy Nigerians\u2019 sitting for hours on their departing aircraft.<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile Immigration was \u2018ordered to round-up\u2019 those who had been detained for visa and other entry failures, including onward travel expectations.<\/div>\n
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It has again left an unfortunate taste, much like the bitter kola nut that some Nigerians chew to keep them \u2018woke\u2019 and energized!<\/div>\n
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Unfortunately the blame must be laid squarely on the airline, which although operating as a charter, is an approved airline of substance, with a large mixed fleet on routes throughout Africa and beyond.<\/div>\n
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After the well publicized, but not yet investigated, recent Nigeria – Antigua airline fiasco at year end, Air Peace should have followed all the rules, minus any interference in regulated air charter procedure, by anyone regardless of stature.<\/div>\n
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No one should have been allowed to check-in for the flight, or board the aircraft unless ALL of the prerequisites were ticked.<\/div>\n
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The culture of Nigeria, much like the situation in Antigua has its serious faults when it comes to bending the rules.<\/div>\n
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Both have a name and reputation for scams and corruption in the outer world; Antigua\u2019s corruption platform is for the most part a criminal investment program, dependent on foreign direct corruption i.e. Guns to South Africa; Guns to Colombia; Stanford\u2019s international money laundering scam in 100+ countries are the big ones.<\/div>\n
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Nigeria\u2019s scam is a corruption of a local custom expressing gratitude with a gift, morphed into the culture of scams engendered by the colonizers and current multi-nationals operating in Nigeria.<\/div>\n
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Corruption or the scam has now become an integral part of doing business in Nigeria, and years ago it even had a name, \u2018long legs\u2019. No one has any sympathy for the victim of a Nigerian scam as one must be always aware when doing business out in the world.<\/div>\n
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The computerizing of aviation and the immediacy of communications prevent this type of mistake, where travelers are allowed to board without the full compliance of aviation requirements, and full authority of the receiving destination.<\/div>\n
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It therefore must be the responsibility of Air Peace to apologize the the Antiguan authorities for breaching international aviation rules, embarrassing the \u2018wealthy\u2019 correctly boarded travelers, by their long wait on the aircraft, and having Air Peace. check-in failures being blamed on someone else, maybe their local ambassador in Antigua.<\/div>\n
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What should have been a piece of cake for the first Air Peace charter to Antigua ended up with the \u2018wealthy Nigerians\u2019 sitting for hours on their departing aircraft. Meanwhile Immigration was \u2018ordered to round-up\u2019 those who had been detained for visa and other entry failures, including onward travel expectations. 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