have to agree with an earlier poster on this... these folks make obscene salaries because they have a good Union and we had weak, shitty negotiators on gov't side who gave away everything, presumably for votes in the future.. i dont recall any mercy from them when they use to threaten/cut the power in december at contract renewal time, so i dont know why they should receive 'leniency' in so-called tough times.
well good luck to them. i believe PowerSecure left the blueprints, so they just need to follow. still dont know how the team, whoever they are, will overcome the reliability issues which have existed since the creation of BEC, or how they will address the major financial challenges all while reducing the cost of electricity... but again, good luck to them, they will need it.
doesn't gov't own bahamasair and is the aviation industry regulator at the same time? i dont recall Roberts saying anything about that when Butler raised the issue. Besides, Sands is not the ministry of health, he is just the minister and unless we have been taken over by elected dictators, Sands can make/set no policy on his own. i doubt Sands is cutting any other doctor out of a few dollars either since they say he one of or the only specialist of his kind locally.. so whats the beef really?
a bye product of socialist policies.. subsidies promote inefficiency and slothful business practices. i doubt anything will change.. like so many other areas of the economy, these mailboat operators operate like lords unto themselves..
sorry for our country but glad that skilled bahamians are realizing that the Bahamas is not the world and you need to take responsibility for your own future and not wait/hope/rely on government to be your saviour...
what a bizarre press release.. a policeman appointed as ambassador and despite all the noise about cutting costs, former politicians already on pension reengaged for more handouts.. i mean WTF?
i don't see government acting on this advice.. probably has to happen over time, but is history is anything to go by, i wouldn't hold my breath. Unfortunately, we have come to a stage in this country where there are no easy or simple decisions.. the time for that passed and we did nothing. Its only bitter medicine going forward... too bad....
as a former employee of the agency that prepared this report, Butler knows exactly what it is saying, but understandibly for public relations reasons, he has to try and rebutt it. The CVR and FDR cannot be manipulated as i understand and whatever is written in the company books the pilots either complied with it or they didn't. finally, the storm didn't just show up, it was there and you cant do anything about it except to not be in the same place. the only thing you maybe could say in defence of Sky Bahamas is that this could have easily been any of the other ones too...
Socrates says...
send the bill to the haitian gov't..they have a responsibility to stop these people from leaving in the first place...
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Socrates says...
have to agree with an earlier poster on this... these folks make obscene salaries because they have a good Union and we had weak, shitty negotiators on gov't side who gave away everything, presumably for votes in the future.. i dont recall any mercy from them when they use to threaten/cut the power in december at contract renewal time, so i dont know why they should receive 'leniency' in so-called tough times.
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Socrates says...
well good luck to them. i believe PowerSecure left the blueprints, so they just need to follow. still dont know how the team, whoever they are, will overcome the reliability issues which have existed since the creation of BEC, or how they will address the major financial challenges all while reducing the cost of electricity... but again, good luck to them, they will need it.
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Socrates says...
doesn't gov't own bahamasair and is the aviation industry regulator at the same time? i dont recall Roberts saying anything about that when Butler raised the issue. Besides, Sands is not the ministry of health, he is just the minister and unless we have been taken over by elected dictators, Sands can make/set no policy on his own. i doubt Sands is cutting any other doctor out of a few dollars either since they say he one of or the only specialist of his kind locally.. so whats the beef really?
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Socrates says...
a bye product of socialist policies.. subsidies promote inefficiency and slothful business practices. i doubt anything will change.. like so many other areas of the economy, these mailboat operators operate like lords unto themselves..
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Socrates says...
comfortable post in London with luxurious benefits plus a full pension.. not his fault, but life can't be any better than that!
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Socrates says...
sorry for our country but glad that skilled bahamians are realizing that the Bahamas is not the world and you need to take responsibility for your own future and not wait/hope/rely on government to be your saviour...
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Socrates says...
what a bizarre press release.. a policeman appointed as ambassador and despite all the noise about cutting costs, former politicians already on pension reengaged for more handouts.. i mean WTF?
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Socrates says...
i don't see government acting on this advice.. probably has to happen over time, but is history is anything to go by, i wouldn't hold my breath. Unfortunately, we have come to a stage in this country where there are no easy or simple decisions.. the time for that passed and we did nothing. Its only bitter medicine going forward... too bad....
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Socrates says...
as a former employee of the agency that prepared this report, Butler knows exactly what it is saying, but understandibly for public relations reasons, he has to try and rebutt it. The CVR and FDR cannot be manipulated as i understand and whatever is written in the company books the pilots either complied with it or they didn't. finally, the storm didn't just show up, it was there and you cant do anything about it except to not be in the same place. the only thing you maybe could say in defence of Sky Bahamas is that this could have easily been any of the other ones too...
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