They tore the previous government to shreds for employing a ‘barrani’, and now…look
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August 7, 2014 at 7:01pm
Air Malta has issued an international call for applications for the post of chief commercial officer, which was held by Briton Philip Saunders until he was practically hounded out by a chorus of Labour Party and Malta Today objectors on the basis that he is foreign and had a “phenomenal salary”.
Now they are looking for another barrani, and chairman Maria Micallef has told – oh irony of ironies – Malta Today:
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It was the same with Peter Davies. Not renewing his contract turned out to be a real shame, since things were actually working out at Air Malta. He’d gotten to the root of the problem: over staffing.
Amazing how much profit gets eaten up when you have 200 pilots to fly 12 planes and need double the ground personnel to turn around aircraft in twice the time compared to your competitors.
Now that they’re in power, they can do as they bloody well please.
They won’t be repeating the same mistake Alfred Sant did in 1998 for sure. Muscat is too cunning for that, and that wife of his will definitely make sure that her husband stays in that seat for as long as possible.
Totally agree with you.
Is it not correct in saying that today’s AirMalta board is made up of some people on the new board of MTA who also come from MHRA?
What is going on in the tourism industry?
Ah, now they (MHRA) have pushed their president to replace Formosa Gauci, who happened to be also president of MHRA.
Wonder of wonders.
All those millions in stipends and not one Maltese brain, of sufficient stoffa to run this Lilliputian “airline”? All those notes, photocopies, and bound theses. Surely.
Even the best run airlines operate on profit margins so flimsy that most other executives would laugh at. It takes a special type of skill set acquired through years of experience. To find that in a population of 600,000 is as difficult as finding an Olympian.
As the old adage goes “How do you make a small fortune in aviation? Start with a very large one.”
My father was an Olympian.
How about the objections against Arriva on grounds that it was foreign-owned and preferable if public transportation would remain ‘taghna f’taghna’.
Rumours have it that the Spanish company earmarked for the next public transportation contract is insisting on employing Spanish people. I wonder whether this is discriminatory or legal at all.
One cannot employ on the basis of nationality unless it is proven that such nationality is crucial for the task to be effectively performed. Nonetheless, there they have it, China employing the Chinese, Spain employing the Spanish and Air Malta seeks ‘foreign’ talent.
Spain has an unemployment rate of 25% and is an EU member, so it is a natural for them to employ Spanish bus drivers and mechanics if they get the public transportation contract in Malta.
The Spanish company knows very well that if the drivers and mechanics are not Spanish, the company meets the same fate of Arriva.
Hasbuhom cwiec u onesti bhall-Inglizi l-Ispanjoli.
Dawk haxxejja daksna darbtejn.
Maniana.
Mur indifen Mizzi.
The revenue of Air Malta is ‘under pressure’. Well, the Chinese are always there to help.
Direzzjoni gdida has failed after less than a year and a half.
Direzzjoni Gonzi has won the day.
Inevitably.
Can’t the Corinthia Group provide someone?
The Corinthia group keeps them as political clout and not as a commercial investment. Best try someone else, Mompy.
Just to put everything into perspective.
Senior Air Malta captains were offered Eur500,000 as an early retirement package. Some 15 captains took up this offer.
Cabin crew had a salary increase, giving them 165 weighted units, guaranteed even if they didn’t work one hour on an aircraft.
‘Cwiec’ Maltin need not apply, unless they are Taghna Lkoll.
So in Malta it’s still a problem to employ a foreigner. Do the advocates of meritocracy feel so threatened?
Yes, they feel threatened because foreign input may just well reveal that people appointed through cronyism/nepotism/the friends of friends network are not up to scratch or unfit for purpose.
Why are there so many ridiculously nationalistic people out there in Malta?
Or is it just the case that it is these sort who tend to take to their keyboards, and are just a vocal minority?
Since when must we choose people for highly skilled roles based on their nationality and not their ability?
Do we have any news from the board of Inquiry about the AirMalta captain who left passengers waiting for him when turning up late for his return trip from Italy?