tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post1569444202578932472..comments2014-07-23T12:06:27.088+01:00Jeremy[email protected]Blogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-19507104139862970112008-05-01T12:33:00.000+01:002008-05-01T12:33:00.000+01:00we said Modibbo!Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-75744147103941621692008-04-30T08:48:00.000+01:002008-04-30T08:48:00.000+01:00Anon 7:36<BR/><BR/>The short answer to your post is that: you pick your fights.<BR/><BR/>Rosa Parks was not the first black to refuse to give up her seat in Jim Crow America. She just happened to do so under the right circumstances.<BR/><BR/>The BA incident is similar - a clear case, a winnable fight, a historical convergence point.<BR/><BR/>This issue is beyond BA. It actually tells us more about Nigerians than BA: that we are learning to speak up, that we are casting off our victim mentality, that are growing in self-esteem.<BR/><BR/>Is it coincidental that this case comes at a time when the ruling party is losing election tribunals left-right-centre, when no-go areas reserved for the rich and powerful (power sector contracts, land allocations etc) are being openly and publicly exposed?<BR/><BR/>You are right, the BA imbroglio is not the beggining, nor end of Nija's 'issues' - just another small step on the long road of societal transformation.<BR/><BR/>Kpele BA, kpele oh! My people say 'one person dances and people clap, another dances and gets booed'. <BR/><BR/>Never apologize for being Nigerian.<BR/><BR/>Modibbo<BR/><BR/>PS: Re your point 3, the reason airlines may not be willing to accept naira is that it is not an internationally convertible currency.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-40895952973353342452008-04-29T19:36:00.000+01:002008-04-29T19:36:00.000+01:00I am Nigerian and I find it terribly confusing that Nigerians suffer 'racial' discrimination at the hands of fellow Nigerians on Nigerian soil in every aspect of their lives and stay silent yet we choose to attack BA.<BR/><BR/>Imagine the following real-life scenarios:<BR/><BR/>1. A caucasian happily joins the end of a Virgin Nigeria check in queue at Murtala Muhammad Airport, guess what? Some airline or airport official moves him/her to the front of the queue!<BR/><BR/>2. A Nigerian and a caucasian tender for a contract or attend a job interview in Nigeria with equal qualifications. Who do you think gets it?<BR/><BR/>3. That on Virgin Nigeria, on a flight from Nigeria, the inability to purchase on-flight items in NAIRA!<BR/><BR/>4. And when it comes to customer service, who are the worst offenders; Bellview, Virgin Nigeria, Virgin Atlantic or British Airways?<BR/><BR/>I'm a believer that if you pay for a service then you deserve to receive the best service possible but I'm disgusted that in an industry where all parties are guilty that one airline is being singled out.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-15766691449362624602008-04-29T16:36:00.000+01:002008-04-29T16:36:00.000+01:00who can ever forget BA and Lord King's dirty campaign against Virgin in the early 90s...<BR/><BR/>If i was as imaginative or eloquent as Jeremy or had no ethics... I would suggest we also mount a similar dirty campaign against BA>...Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-968742361608112892008-04-29T15:29:00.000+01:002008-04-29T15:29:00.000+01:00Simon Mcintyre I wouldn't quite agree that there's any such thing as a "normal customer". BA has been flying the Nigerian route for several decades, even from the days of the British Overseas Airways Corporation. This in my book, is time enough for BA to have worked out that Nigerians have peculiarites, as do peoples of different countries all over the world. Nigerians are not British, and it is wrong that we should be treated differently from others because we do not act like the British do. Every customer is a normal customer, and it is normal for Nigerians to act like Nigerians. Chinese and Japanese whose knowledge of the English language is negligible and who do not act at all like the British, do not suffer treatment anything similar to what Nigerians suffer on BA. <BR/><BR/>I personally was ignored by cabin crew on a BA flight when I called for assistance, and the lousy food when it eventually came was all but shoved in my face. I have hated my BA experiences, and have now vowed never again to travel BA, unless my life depends on it. Last time I gave thanks when my bags showed up on arrival at my destination because I was half expecting them not to.<BR/><BR/>Lets face it, the truth is that BA does not like Nigerians, although ironically their Lagos route is perhaps their most profitable route in Africa.Anengiyefahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12680156670687593504[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-31036886702917122532008-04-29T10:14:00.000+01:002008-04-29T10:14:00.000+01:00Yup, am boycotting BA.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-42467216436783632092008-04-29T07:11:00.000+01:002008-04-29T07:11:00.000+01:00It isn't just BA, and although race may have something to do with it, it's more that Nigerians don't fit the idea of a "normal customer" i.e. one that is quiet and British. It's endemic in the airline industry.<BR/><BR/>Virgin also have their issues on a lower level, although I'm sure they wouldn't react like BA have: <A HREF="http://mo-lo.blogspot.com/2008/04/diversity-virgin.html" REL="nofollow">Diversity Virgin</A>Simon McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13492411266673150211[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686769.post-35320642003672805382008-04-28T22:51:00.000+01:002008-04-28T22:51:00.000+01:00its high time our govt stepped in and banned BA until an apology is issued. the govt needs to protect and defend its citizens when necessary. after i use the return leg of my ticket, i'm switching to Virgin. this s**t is absolutely ridiculous.Anonymous[email protected]