Winair provided with
a clean bill of health
PHILIPSBURG--The quick scan/spot check that the Directorate of Civil Aviation performed on the Windward Islands International Airways Winair maintenance operations did not discover any worrisome situation.
Winair shareholder representative Minister Roland Duncan had requested the investigation after some complaints had been made by pilots about Winair regarding lack of maintenance and hazardous conditions on the planes.
“Winair got a clean bill of health where maintenance is concerned. There is nothing wrong with the planes. They are in proper shape, adequate,” Duncan told reporters Monday.
The director’s report was released on June 14 and, based on the outcome of the report, the Minister wanted to counter all the negative statements regarding Winair’s situation.
Duncan especially referred to Winair workers who stated that conditions were not safe at the airline. “Some of the information has been perpetrated by pilots. Logs have been checked by the civil aviation and nothing has been found wrong with the planes, maintenance, the conditions nor whatever.”
According to Duncan, a pilot who complains publicly that things are wrong while not reporting these things in his log is committing a crime. “It’s one thing to seek revenge from the company because you are not getting a salary increase, but on the other hand, these are serious issues. People’s lives are at stake.”
There are other areas of complaints by employees, according to Duncan, that the department of civil aviation is not involved with. “But, there is a union in the company that deals with the company,” Duncan said.
