LIAT snubs pilots' ultimatum

LIAT had said on Monday that the three-member arbitration panel which was set up to rule on various matters within the LIAT-LIALPA Collective Bargaining Agreement is expected to hand down a ruling shortly.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Wednesday LIAT’s management has ignored an ultimatum issued by its pilots who were demanding that, by midnight Tuesday, it withdraw several statements made in a release issued to the media the previous day.

Following a meeting with LIAT officials in Barbados yesterday, the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) informed the airline’s management that unless they retracted and apologized for the “blatant lies”, its members would have no other choice but to “withdraw enthusiasm and issue strong resentment”.

There has been no response from LIAT so far.

The pilots had said since Monday pilots would “withdraw work enthusiasm” until critical outstanding matters are addressed by the shareholders, Board and management of LIAT.

It’s therefore unclear in what way the latest “ultimatum”, as LIALPA put it, will affect the airline.

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