LIAT seeks to assure customers of improved services

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The regional airline, LIAT, Monday assured the travelling public that it is committed to improving the level of service offered by the airline even as disgruntled pilots warned of “several vexing issues”. The airline did not specifically refer to a statement by the Chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA), Carl Burke, that the union had been forced to call an emergency meeting to seek a mandate from its members on several vexing issues. Burke, speaking on radio here on Sunday, had even warned of possible industrial action on Monday if salary negotiations for flying the new ATR aircraft as well as a new schedule were not discussed with the company.