Screw the airline. But Shane this is bs and you know it. Simply leave it alone and move towards privatization. Our politicians just love to go on with useless rhetoric.

You aint seen nothing yet. I suspect its a prelude to this so called Carnival

Hmmm. Sounds like you know something the rest of us don't my friend. Hopefully not another scandal. Is there no organization left umarred in this country by some cloak and dagger story?

Agreed. As much as Smith annoys me this is clearly wrong. We need a measured response to things in our country. We can voice our concerns and opposition to policies or social issues but there needs to be careful what we say. Fred Smith has himself made some outlandish and stupid remarks about the government and he too should practice reservation in speaking wildly before thinking.

Our inability to get junkanoo to where it should be says a lot about us as a people. A cultural parade which is only in part expresses who we are we can't seem to properly plan. I agree with several of the posters that cutting the laps doesn't solve the problem. Getting the groups to bay seems to be the major hold up. So perhaps there needs to be more assistance and logistics planning by the njcp in helping all groups get to Bay. We all recognize that the large groups have greater financial resources and may not require as much aid as the B groups. But there is no reason why groups like the Fancy Dancers and Prodigal Sons be heavily penalized. The NPJC has screwed tthe season's parades up. First they create doubts and uncertainty with scores and now this. The management are too laid back and don't run the operation like a business. They really should be finding avenues to promote, and make as much money from the parade as possible. On the internet the advertising is poor. Hardly any social media hype. The videos from parades should be vivid and HD on YouTube etc getting maximum exposure.Get with it people.

What does the government have to do with it? The Junkanoo committee is make this decision.

You arecorrect about Air Jamaica. But you neglected to mention that the Jamaican government only holds about 15%of the shares and are in not direct operational control of the airline. That airline is under the Caribbean airlines fleet and the operations and financing mostly goes through them. Air Jamaica has had its share of financial problems but at least someone had the good sense to sell it. The government has no business in the airline industry and if we believe in free market economies the government should butt out. Sorry to say but Bahamasair is not a viable service for the Bahamas. At least not in its current state. Costly, inefficient and overstaffed. We are too PC in this country. We must be decent to each other I would agree but penalties must be levied, fines payed for nonsense. Cut it loose and let the cream rise to the top. If you are a good pilot you will get a job when the new company is formed or you will land a job with another airline. We seem to be holding on to Bahamasair to save jobs. Bahamasair has been a financial blackhole for years, we simply need to move away from these silly ideas that it is working well.

Poor union leadership. The problem with the unions in this country is that their brains appear to be too minute for good sense. How could the pilots of a financially failing airline which is subsidised by the taxpayers of this country think its ok to strike? The same goes for BEC. Your pay is by far higher than majority of Bahamians and yall want play the @$#. Simply put we should close the airline and let them look elsewhere for work. The leader of this action should have more sense to know how to handle these siruations. Again, a failing airline, with poor service and subsidized. Three strikes you're out. No more games with people who feel entitled. Public support is a b/@#$ and you have to know what angle to take to get the right result. The Bahamian public is pissed and rightfully so.

Actions speak louder thanks words is correct. So the action that Bahamians of Haitian decent should take is to discourage members of the community from harboring illegals. If you believe in the Bahamas then believe in its laws. With laws there comes an enforcement component which in the event there is no voluntary compliance active enforcement must be carried out. Yes, humanity and decency is of the highest priority in all matters but there is so much unsubstantiated claims that have not provided evidence in support. Again we as a people have no ill will towards Haiti. In fact I think most Bahamians would be happy if the country ststabilized. So we have many detractors and critics but would Louby be able to say similar things in Haiti against the Haitian government? Probably not. We have free airwaves and freedom of assembly and the freedom to think what we like. I thank God to be Bahamian and I'm not a shame to say it.

Well said @ThisisOurs. But things being the way they are and we being as sheepish as we are madam president will find a way to weasel her way back in. That union money too sweet to walk away now.