BAGAIA committed to more regional alliance

BANJUL Accord Group Accident Investigation Bureau (BAGAIA) has emphasised plans to continue strengthening it’s regional bond and improving safety in the continent by deepening ties with existing and forging new allies.

Commissioner of BAGAIA, Nigerian born Me Charles Irikefe Erhueh made this declaration at the Aviation Safety Workshop and the Seventh Commission Meeting of

Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA) in Sal Island.

According to Erhueh, this year’s meeting with the theme: ‘Consolidation of Gains’ which aligned with the Aviation Safety will go further,to examine how impactful the various safety recommendations in some incidents and accidents has been after infusion into individual and collective systems.

His words: “BAGAIA will continue to be interested in strengthening this alliance we have forged together in the sub-region; while, looking forward to doing more to ensure safer skies bereft of accidents and incidents.”

Calling on states to establish guidelines that would aid them in putting values in place that will further boost safety, Erhueh declared: “The performance of the aeronautical activities are not just a consequence of the individual characteristics of the human element and the group in which it is inserted, but also of the characteristics of the organizational environment in which it is inserted. Therefore, organizations must seek to establish in their guidelines, actions that favor the rooting of behaviors, values, and attitudes in for the sake of safety and security”.

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Speaking on his agenda, he said; “top on this list is our expansion drive within the continent; how we can integrate more states into the BAGAIA family and ensure already existing members show commitment financially as that would go a long way in helping us achieve our purpose and have the capacity for training our investigators to be prepared for when they may be called to assist.

“No one wants or prays for an accident but as the saying goes ‘safety is no accident it is planned’ and ‘preparation’ is the boys’ scout motto and we chose to be prepared and not caught napping.

“Furthermore, the seventh BAGAIA Commission Meeting is an all-important gathering where we all from the Banjul Accord Group region come together to fine-tune strategies on the way forward with regard to investigating accidents while strengthening our cooperation in the sub-region”.