NewStats: 3,259,706 , 8,170,708 topics. Date: Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 07:22 PM 2x6dp

Racoon:
Yesterday, we celebrated one of our veteran Captains—Capt. Olusegun Olanipekun. The ever-smiling Boeing 737 maestro took his final flight after an extraordinary 43-year career in aviation.

Upon arrival, he was greeted with a magnificent water salute and heartfelt cheers from colleagues and industry professionals.

A symbol of excellence, dedication, and grace in the skies, Capt. Olanipekun leaves behind a legacy that will inspire generations. Thank you for everything, Commander. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement.
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43 years of being on the sky, wow when me dey fear to fly. Congratulations

stormborn28:


He flew for 43 years. Una no dey read

Na those school na scam crooners na

A great feat deserving all the commendation.

Safe retirement

IGBOPROMISE1:


So which one is your ‘best’?

Don't mind that sadist mentality personally.

Enjoy you retirement sir.

I came to see the hostesses but I'm not really impressed

Wow some of una here na regular flyers o. Is it flier or flyer? English hard abeg...

Why did he retire?
Is he tired?
Won't be surprised if he's re-engaged by the 'Luwabi' airline about to be launched by Pablo

UkoAnnang:


His Legacies and good works shall never be forgotten.
Unlike our Chicago self acclaimed ant who return home with a forged certificate after years of drugs trading in the streets of Chicago to ruin Nigeria

IP0B nzougbu nzougbu will continue to cry as Tinubu has demolished any hope of IIGB0S becoming president in Nigeria

zulunetwork:
My Best Captain. I never knew you are retiring soon. Always smiling. Am always happy to sight you especially on regional flights.
May God continue to advance you more and more. Very safety conscious Captain.

No wonder he clocked 43 years as a pilot

ask4bk:
He's 43 years, abi he flew for 43 years?

I don confuse

he might not have necessarily flown airplanes for the whole 43 years in a service. The write up highlights a career in the aviation industry, its possible that he wouldn't have been a pilot throughout the whole 43 years.

ask4bk:
He's 43 years, abi he flew for 43 years?

I don confuse

He flew for 43 years, the man is in his 60s an age most commercial pilots retire.

Neoteny:


What's unforgiving about a largely automated endeavor?

That 0.0001% margin of error can result in horrendous loss if it does happen. That's what.

IGBOPROMISE1:


They’re paid mainly for what they know rather than just for riding a plane! Any kid adept at using a PlayStation joystick could manage flying, but there’s much more to it than just taking off and landing a plane! Not to mention the different time zones have to deal with, and the unsocial and erratic hours they work, all which wreck havoc on their body clock and family/social life!

They fly one cycle in most airlines then get some rest while another crew takes over.

Modern flying is basically done by the flight director and autopilot. Pilots don't do much during the cruising phase which is 99% of flying time.

joshkke:


That 0.0001% margin of error can result in horrendous loss if it does happen. That's what.

Those odds are extremely good compared to truck drivers and almost everything else in life.

Badca81:


Go check how much for pilot school fees first 😁😁😁

Some go to pilot school after completing their first degrees

Neoteny:


Those odds are extremely good compared to truck drivers and almost everything else in life.

Yes, but you are not looking at scale. Not as if you can compare volume, eg, total air crash fatalities in 1 year vs auto accidents, but if you do an incident by incident analysis, that's where the horror of air mishaps is apparent. Losing that many in one fell swoop is numbing. Then there's the fallout circumstances to that as sometimes families don't even have a body to bury and get some sort of closure. Especially in Africa, that's terrible

joshkke:

Yes, but you are not looking at scale. Not as if you can compare volume, eg, total air crash fatalities in 1 year vs auto accidents, but if you do an incident by incident analysis, that's where the horror of air mishaps is apparent. Losing that many in one fell swoop is numbing. Then there's the fallout circumstances to that as sometimes families don't even have a body to bury and get some sort of closure. Especially in Africa, that's terrible

This is basically an irrational fear of the unknown.

You're spreading FUD for the safest means of travel mostly because human error is reduced to the barest minimum through automation and instrumentation.

So I ask you, if computers do the bulk of the flying why are pilots treated like a special class?

Neoteny:


This is basically an irrational fear of the unknown.

You're spreading FUD for the safest means of travel mostly because human error is reduced to the barest minimum through automation and instrumentation.

So I ask you, if computers do the bulk of the flying why are pilots treated like a special class?

Because computers fail. And for that 1 in a million event, the human who makes sure everyone gets on the ground safely has to be well trained and competent. Otherwise hundreds die. It's basically insurance . And again it takes a lot of money and time to achieve that level of capacity, so economically, that's also why they are valuable

joshkke:


Because computers fail. And for that 1 in a million event, the human who makes sure everyone gets on the ground safely has to be well trained and competent. Otherwise hundreds die. It's basically insurance . And again it takes a lot of money and time to achieve that level of capacity, so economically, that's also why they are valuable

Modern flight systems have multiple redundancies. History has shown majority of accidents are due to pilot error. Therefore the tiny percentage of danger is the pilot himself.

Racoon:
Yesterday, we celebrated one of our veteran Captains—Capt. Olusegun Olanipekun. The ever-smiling Boeing 737 maestro took his final flight after an extraordinary 43-year career in aviation.

Upon arrival, he was greeted with a magnificent water salute and heartfelt cheers from colleagues and industry professionals.

A symbol of excellence, dedication, and grace in the skies, Capt. Olanipekun leaves behind a legacy that will inspire generations. Thank you for everything, Commander. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14FhzF6VPrC/

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16G217yZyJ/ nlfpmod

ThankYou sir for flying us safe.

saintkel:
air peace is by far d best in Nigeria abeg.....

Once you see Airpeace to travel in, your heart will be at peace.

I even trust Airpeace than Delta or British Airways

Ra.coon:
Yesterday, we celebrated one of our veteran Captains—Capt. Olusegun Olanipekun. The ever-smiling Boeing 737 maestro took his final flight after an extraordinary 43-year career in aviation.

Upon arrival, he was greeted with a magnificent water salute and heartfelt cheers from colleagues and industry professionals.

A symbol of excellence, dedication, and grace in the skies, Capt. Olanipekun leaves behind a legacy that will inspire generations. Thank you for everything, Commander. Enjoy your well-deserved retirement.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14FhzF6VPrC/

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16G217yZyJ/ nlfpmod

God has really preserved this man. Congratulations.

Neoteny:


Modern flight systems have multiple redundancies. History has shown majority of accidents are due to pilot error. Therefore the tiny percentage of danger is the pilot himself.

Which I'm sorry to say doesn't track. If they are so infallible, why the need for human intervention at all. And you are wrong about the history. A quick fact check shows mechanical or electric errors lead to most crashes especially in large jets. Cases in point Sully and the Max aircraft serial disasters. These two of the top of my head without research. Btw, will be g off now. Was great exchanging POVs!

joshkke:


Which I'm sorry to say doesn't track. If they are so infallible, why the need for human intervention at all. And you are wrong about the history. A quick fact check shows mechanical or electric errors lead to most crashes especially in large jets. Cases in point Sully and the Max aircraft serial disasters. These two of the top of my head without research. Btw, will be g off now. Was great exchanging POVs!

No statistics agree with you on that.

And the reason you've a meatbag in the pilot seat is because aviation is not fully automated yet, even though some airliners are capable of takeoff and landing.... especially for VFR flights. But beyond takeoff and landing, and turning knobs on the Flight Director to delta speed, altitude, direction.... pilots do precious little in the cruise phase of flight.

Automation is inevitable. Consider the fact that modern space craft (Such as SpaceX's Crew and Cargo Dragons) are fully automated from takeoff to docking at the ISS in space, to reentry and landing, jet liners which are less complex than spaceflight will inevitably get to that stage of development.

Cheers.

---43 years of active air service---that's real achievement---