Union in Barbados writes LIAT on pilots’ behalf

The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) in Barbados has written to LIAT on behalf of disgruntled pilots.

Union president Akanni McDowall said the union wrote chief executive officer Julie Reifer-Jones to have the pilots’ grievances addressed.

In response, Reifer-Jones said she had to make checks with the Labour Department in Antigua before they could move ahead.

LIAT pilots have been traditionally represented by the Leeward Island Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA), but all of that changed after the relationship with current president, Captain Carl Burke, broke down.