Beheading BWIA

THE EDITOR: BWIA indeed has very serious administrative problems. With the resignation of the President and CEO, Conrad Aleong I cannot believe that there is no qualified and capable Trinidadian working along with top management in Trinidad who can easily assume the mantle of leadership. When such names crop up as the Vice-President — Sales and Marketing based in Barbados, someone who does not qualify for that top leadership position, it makes me think that BWIA has a very serious lack of top management material. People here have been saying that the holder of the Vice President — Sales and Marketing position here in Barbados only rose to that position because of the “office politics” of that day. The Trinidad and Tobago government has to seriously look at restructuring the entire Board of BWIA from the Chairman down. In other words, the Board has to resign, and a new Board put in place. The government has also to look seriously at senior management positions. I have questioned why the position of Vice-President — Sales and Marketing has to be based in Barbados. Why is that position not being held by a Trinidad and Tobago national based in Trinidad? It seems that BWIA is being run by an inner clique with the wrong people in the wrong positions.

DAVID EDWARDS
Christchurch, Barbados