On Wednesday Air Jamaica employees received the shocking news that their positions will be made redundant as of April 12, the clearest indication yet that the deal with Trinidad owned Caribbean Airlines is a definite.
This latest development proves the efforts of the Pilots to acquire the airline were futile. Air Jamaica President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bruce R Nobles, in a memo to staff, said members of the transition team from Caribbean Airlines were currently at the airline completing due diligence work which includes a reviewing of information about employees, company policies, as well as conducting interviews and psychometric testing.
“The current transition proposal is to continue to operate Air Jamaica utilizing our existing fleet under contract to Caribbean Airlines for perhaps as long as one year. Caribbean Airlines will be financially responsible for the transition operation after the transaction date,” Nobles told his staff in the memo.
“In order to operate the ‘transition’ Jamaican operation, a new company will be formed to hire the personnel required. Those employees will be hired under fixed-term contracts. The number of jobs required and the terms and conditions of employment are still being finalized,” He added.
In the meantime Prime Minister Bruce Golding told Parliament that, of the J$27 billion being earmarked for Government to pay the airline’s creditors, US$25 million (about J$2.2 billion) of this figure was being set aside for redundancy payments for the more than 1,900 workers.
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