The well-known media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, also known as Daddy Freeze, posted a video of a conversation he had with a captain who offered her professional viewpoint on an incident involving Fuji star King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as KWAM 1, and a Valuejet pilot.
In the video, Daddy Freeze criticized the pilot’s behavior, calling it “unruly,” and made the case that KWAM 1 ought to have been taken into custody instead.
The female pilot and captain, whose names were withheld, responded by saying that human error was to blame for the incident.
The captain, who noted that the incident highlighted vulnerabilities in the Nigerian aviation system, argued that the pilot should have asked that KWAM 1 be withdrawn from the route.
“We pilots don’t like to speak about certain things that involve us, but we have to speak and take responsibility when we are wrong. First, I see it as a chain of errors from many personnel, starting from FAAN, the airport authority.
“Then AVSEC should have been the one to disembark the passenger and ensure they were not on the route. He refused to let the aircraft taxi. This has to do with airplanes that are time-sensitive, but it doesn’t mean safety should be compromised.
“It is human error; the captain should have conducted herself better. She could have insisted that the passenger be removed from the route. It was emotion over safety.”
“It also showed a gap in the Nigerian aviation system because it revealed that whoever was in charge of screening — from what was written — he actually had alcohol on board. If this screening had been done properly, how did he get on board in the first place?” she added.
Reactions followed the post from Daddy Freeze
edu_mud said: Passengers have boarded, ladder removed and doors closed. Why was the dude still standing beside the plane. He wasn’t even with the reflective jacket???”
menalone.ng wrote: “Which police will carry him ? Which?”
natorozo reacted: “As he be kwan 1 mata una dey try support am ? Who give am right to carry alcohol and begin misbehave On board. Yeyebrity.”
uzorezi wrote: “Maybe the pilot is scared of her life.”
officialtitilizzy said: “There are ICAO standards that must be adhered to by passengers, crews and pilots. We should conduct ourselves professionally even in the faces of provocation. K1 was wrong, pilot was wrong and maybe avsec intervention came late. This behavior will never be tolerated in another country, he will be banned for a longer period. Anyway, ncaa has suspended the pilot.”