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Captain Mahmood, who previously worked at Skypower Express Airways joined Arik Air in 2007 as a flight officer and held the positions of Chief Pilot/Deputy Fleet Manager, Airbus A330; MNPS Training Captain; and Fleet Manager, Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) 900. He was also at a time the Line Training Captain and Member, IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) for Arik Air Flight Operations. He trained at Aviation Atlanta Peach Tree Airport, Atlanta Georgia for his Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL); Nigerian College Of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Nigeria where he obtained a Private Pilot...

Just in: Aero Contractors appoints Abdullahi Mahmood as new CEO On Kindly Share This Story: Nigeria’s leading domestic airline, Aero Contractors has named Captain Abdullahi Zubair Mahmood as its new Chief Executive Officer. Captain Mahmood, who was formerly Chief Pilot, Arik Air Limited, takes over from Captain Ado Sanusi who would later head a new airline, NG Eagle, which is in the process to secure its Air Operating Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Captain Mahmood’s appointment has also been received by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority. Captain ...

Pilot suicide. yes, it does affect one. i remember when concord crashed. i was in between simulator duty with british airways at the time and we were unable to continue our simulator. a pair of us turned around to the training captain and said, i'm sorry, we can't concentrate and we need to stop and do it another day and that is, in fact, what happened. we are not alone in that. of course. but, you know, with time, we will move on. and accidents happen periodically. but rarely. and this particular type of accident was extremely rare. but, you know, anything that makes one question the trust be...

And boeing 777 training captain, ross aymer. what are pilots supposed to do in an emergency? >> good evening, judge. we are trained -- pilots are trained from day one obviously to handle an emergency. every six months we go back to the training centers into the simulators and they throw anything they can find at us, try to get us to remember all the procedures, all the emergency things that we are taught. so they're trained -- every airline pilot is trained and trained and trained to handle every possible emergency that they could get in their way. >> well, if there is an emergency, we should ...

Ahmad shah. he's 53 years old, lives in gated community outside kuala lumpur, 18,000-plus flying hours. joining the airline in 1991. married. three children. one grandchild. supervised some of the pilot planning for malaysia airlines. let's talk about him then we'll talk about the co-pilot. >> extremely experienced. he was a training captain. he was put with the co-pilot that we're going to talk about because the co-pilot was very inexperienced on the 777. this is a man, according to our reporter, been to talk to his ma neighbors, been to the area. involved in helping children and various loca...