JA's aviation industry suffers financial losses due to air t

[Lazie]

JA's aviation industry suffers financial losses due to air traffic controllers strike

Jamaica's aviation industry has suffered significant financial losses following the two day strike by air traffic controllers.

The Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) is reporting that from Sunday to Monday the country collected less revenue from the use of its air space as air craft were either forced to delay or cancel flights.

Lieutenant Colonel Oscar Derby, the Director-General of the JCAA, gave RJR’s Financial Report details on the financial fallout.

"In the air transport business, if there is any doubt whatsoever, airlines will preempt any kinds of problems by canceling their flight because the cost of deviating a flight to a destination other than intended is very costly … it is a minimum of US$10,000 for a deviation. Delays are costly because you’re talking about misconnections," he said.

Colonel Derby added that the ripple effect was felt in other areas of the economy.

"The airports would have been losing, the hotels would have been losing, every sector which is touched by the air transport industry, which is just about every sector, would have suffered some loss or the other. Taxi operators to hotel workers to restaurants etc would have suffered some cancellations and even delays," he stated.

[HL]

I take it that this is/was a union decision?

Unions are among the most destructive (business) entities around. There was a period where unions were constructive in business development throughout the world.

One place that unions are holding back is South Africa. There, they (helped) play a vital roll in ending apartheid. Now, these same unions have past their sell by date.

Same is true for Jamaican unions. They are destructive as ever. They have not adapt to the change in modern business culture.

Of course this is my view:

[Lazie]

I take it that this is/was a union decision?

Unions are among the most destructive (business) entities around. There was a period where unions were constructive in business development throughout the world.

One place that unions are holding back is South Africa. There, they (helped) play a vital roll in ending apartheid. Now, these same unions have past their sell by date.

Same is true for Jamaican unions. They are destructive as ever. They have not adapt to the change in modern business culture.

Of course this is my view:

a view which is correct.