BWIA management mum on aircraft

BWIA workers are continuing to work in difficult circumstances, president of the Aviation Communi-cation and Allied Workers Union Christopher Abraham said yesterday.

“Workers are continuing their duties while a state of uncertainty exists,” he said. Abraham said the situation should not have been allowed to come to this point. He also repeated his call for a forensic audit of the BWIA’s finances. Management was mum yesterday on the negotiations to release two aircraft seized by lessor International Lease Finance Cor-poration (ILFC) last week. ILFC owns six of BWIA’s seven aircraft and seized two because of money outstanding. Government released a letter of comfort for US$5 million Tuesday to release the first aircraft but on Thursday Prime Minister Patrick Manning accused BWIA management of not be-ing honest about the situation. Manning also said the bailout of BWIA was not a done deal.