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The cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, is proposing a salary freeze for the next three years for its employees as well as agree on a proposal that future salary increases would be dependent on employee performance.<\/p>

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These proposals form the basis of discussions taking place here on Tuesday between the airline and regional trade union representatives as they discuss the future of the Antigua-based airline, whose major shareholders are the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, the shareholders met in St. Vincent to discuss the airline\u2019s future amidst concerns that the travelling public must be better served and intra-regional travel encouraged.<\/p>

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St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, who is the chairman of the shareholder governments, said that a decision was taken to establish a technical committee, which presented a report regarding aviation in the Eastern Caribbean sub-region with an emphasis on LIAT.<\/p>

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\u201cThey have made certain recommendations as to possible options and at the last meeting of the shareholders, a few months ago, the principal shareholders accepted the recommendation of one of the options as possibly the most viable of them\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat is to say an option other than an option for a private sector takeover which was not realistic in the circumstances and the second option, closing the airline and start a new one. It was felt that it had some challenges, particularly in a transitional period, possible and doable but difficult,\u2019 Gonsalves said.<\/p>

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LIAT\u2019s chief executive officer, Julie Reifer-Jones, in a letter, said that Wednesday\u2019s meeting was requested because only one trade union ad attended the shareholder\u2019s meeting in Kingstown last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her letter, she told the trade unions that if the airline is to remain sustainable it would require all stakeholders to support the changes.<\/p>

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She said the airline is not in a position to meet its ongoing obligations to employees and suppliers and that the current situation requires urgent attention.<\/p>

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She said the unions are being asked to consider several recommendations including the wage freeze for the years 2018-2020 and that future salary increases be based on employees performances and the profitability of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a proposal that the unions accept a revision of job descriptions in keeping with modern airline operations and the implementation of an appraisal system over the next six months.<\/p>\n

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