Experts in the aviation sector have decried the inability of most airlines operators to effectively use the Performance Based Navigation (PBN) due to lack of adequate experiences and knowledge on the part of the operators. They however argued that even though the PBN was a new phase in the aviation industry, that for it to be effective and fully operational in the aviation industry, it was expected that operators should be well grounded in it with a lot of experiences.

Speaking on the topic, Presentation on PBN implementation: Approval Process at the NCAA annex, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Lagos, General Manager, Flights Operator Inspector, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Sunday Arome said that the PBN was adequately analysed in the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s, ICAO document 9613.

Captain Arome pointed out that Nigeria had not fully started using the PBN because of lack of adequate knowledge and experiences stressing that, that was the key factors that should be considered before the PBN could be fully operational in the aviation industry.

According to him, the approval process of the PBN consists of five phases including  what the operators need to do, the application been submitted to the regulatory agency, the acceptance of the application by the regulatory agency, demonstration of flight and the approval stage.

He emphasised that PBN required an approval from the regulatory authority before any operator can use it stating that there were three conditions to be satisfied by the airlines operators before they can fully use the PBN. Captain Arome said that the operator must be cleared for airworthiness element, flight operator element and all other necessary process that would help the operators to effectively use the PBN.