The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association has refuted the public comments of chairman of the shareholder governments, Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves about LIAT’s operations. Dr Gonsalves said that the airline has too many cancellations caused by illness of flight crew. The statements by Gonsalves came just two weeks after a retraction of published statements purportedly made by LIAT’s acting CEO who allegedly said LIAT has enough cabin crew to fly it’s schedule but had a high level of reported sickness from crew. According to the association, LIAT is woefully short of adequate crew to properly execute its flight schedule. It says over the last two years, LIAT has not employed a single pilot, even though 31 pilots have left the company either because of retirement or resignation.
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