{"id":16652,"date":"2020-05-29T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16652"},"modified":"2020-05-29T09:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T09:47:49","slug":"ncaa-releases-guidelines-for-flight-crews-as-nigerian-govt-prepares-to-reopen-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16652","title":{"rendered":"NCAA releases guidelines for flight crews as Nigerian govt prepares to reopen economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on released post-COVID-19 protocols for Nigerian-based crews operating international flights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCAA released the guidelines after the Federal Government declared its readiness to gradually reopen the economy<\/a> after about seven weeks lull in activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter dated May 27 and signed by its Director-General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, the NCAA said the flight crews were to henceforth wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and observe Infection, Prevention, and Control (IPC) measures for the duration of their flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCAA said the flight crews would not be quarantined but undergo mandatory testing for COVID-19 every 14 days at a cost to the Air Operator upon return to Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, any flight crew member who tests positive for COVID-19 will be taken to a treatment center for further management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the excerpts of the protocol below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c1. Nigeria based Airlines\/Aircrew wishing to conduct flight operations outside the country shall be required to comply with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(a.) Ensure orientation and sensitization of crew on Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) measures as per training and guidance from public health authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(b.) Ensure they have adequate stock of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), minimum 70 percent alcohol-based hand sanitizers and Universal Precaution Kits (UPK) onboard aircraft before the flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(c.) Ensure flight crew wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and observe IPC measures for the duration of the flight as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFlight deck Crew: Non-medical face mask and gloves. Face mask can be removed when the cockpit door is closed for safety reasons Cabin crew \u2013 Non-medical face mask, gloves, disposal surgical gowns and safety visors\/goggles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEnsure safe removal of gloves after performing specific tasks (d) Avoid touching their face and eyes with unclean hands d. Flight crew are to ensure that all passengers wear a non-medical face mask for the duration of the flight except when eating or using emergency oxygen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(e) Flight crew are to ensure that passengers rub their hands with alcohol-based sanitizer as they embark the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(f). Put up a notice in the lavatory\/washroom on handwashing that requests passengers wash their hands after using the lavatory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(g.) Flight crew are to maintain a safe distance between passengers and themselves; avoiding direct physical contact. (h.) Cabin crew will serve only pre-packed meals to passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(i) Where practicable, the flight crew will reserve one lavatory for their own use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(j). Cabin crew will apply the disinfectant spray in lavatory every 60 minutes during the flight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on released post-COVID-19 protocols for Nigerian-based crews operating international flights. The NCAA released the guidelines after the Federal Government declared its readiness to gradually reopen the economy after about seven weeks lull in activities. In a letter dated May 27 and signed by its Director-General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, the NCAA said the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[40,27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNCAA releases guidelines for flight crews as Nigerian govt prepares to reopen economy » WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16652\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16652#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Aviation\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=40\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"NCAA releases guidelines for flight crews as Nigerian govt prepares to reopen economy\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NCAA releases guidelines for flight crews as Nigerian govt prepares to reopen economy » WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16652","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=16652#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Aviation","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=40"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NCAA releases guidelines for flight crews as Nigerian govt prepares to reopen economy"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=40\" rel=\"category\">Aviation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=27\" rel=\"category\">COVID-19<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on released post-COVID-19 protocols for Nigerian-based crews operating international flights. The NCAA released the guidelines after the Federal Government declared its readiness to gradually reopen the economy after about seven weeks lull in activities. In a letter dated May 27 and signed by its Director-General, Capt. Musa Nuhu, the NCAA said the…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16652"}],"version-history":[{"count":-4,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16652\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}