Absolutely fed up --------------------------------------------------------- BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Nov 7, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says he is ‘absolutely fed up” at the constant industrial action plaguing the regional airline, LIAT. Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the shareholder governments of the financially troubled airline, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that he was “fed up” with the “self inflicted wounds” on the Antigua-based airline. LIAT pilots walked off their jobs on Monday and their union, the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) blamed “misguided and ill-informed decisions” taken by the airline’s management for the action. The union claimed that they were forced into an emergency meeting to discuss the management’s decision resulting in the widespread disruption to the airline’s daily schedule. The union and airline representatives met on Wednesday to discuss the matter and while the talks are are expected to continue on Thursday Gonsalves told CMC that these self inflicted wounds between management and the pilots just have to stop. Maybe everybody simply needs to take a breather and read the Psalms or Proverbs, he said, adding that the airline, whose major shareholder governments are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and St, Vincent and the Grenadines can ill afford these problems particularly as shareholder governments continue to seek invest to invest in the airline. The amount of money that we are putting in this airline, the shareholders, and more people are getting interested. I just talked to the President of the Regional Council of .Martinique and hes interested in getting on board as an equity partner in LIAT, but this kinda foolishness must stop.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:22:16 +0000
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