The big news in St Vincent and the Grenadines is the wolf-criers have announced a new date for the opening of the Argyle International Airport. This official announcement has made it approximately ten or more times the wolf-criers have official announcements and dates for the “official” opening of the Argyle International Airport (AIA). The new date that was announced by the wolf-criers is set as February 14, 2017. The wolf-criers have also planned the landing of an international flight on that day.
It is interesting that, with all the hullabaloo and the monies that were put into this project, the wolf-criers have not yet had the airport certified, and secured a deal with a reputable airline to service the St Vincent route. However, they are willing to spend approximately US$500.000.00) to entice a legitimate airline to break the aviation authorities laws that govern their lawful operation to further the Unity Labour Party’s agenda of lies and deception that have been propagated by this bunch of ingrates that make up the ULP.
The Unity Labour Party will be taught a vital lesson, and that lesson is they cannot bribe a lawful institution or business entity and entice them to break the law, as they have done with the bunch of sheeple that flock behind them in St Vincent and the Grenadines. Sheeple that are not wise enough to know that they are entitles to get what they are compromising their standards for, or those are so covetous that they want that which they are not entitled to.
Unfortunately for the wolf-criers, no reputable airline will ever land an aircraft owned by them that bears their company’s name and that is being operated by a crew that is within their employ on the AIA unless that airport has been so certified and given the green light as a safe airport that has met the minimum requirements for such registered airline to do so.
The airline’s chief operational officer (COO) who does so, will cause his airline be heavily penalized by their respective international aviation authorities. They also open up themselves to lawsuit from the crew for such an irresponsible act. The COO of such airline will lose their jobs, and open up him or herself to legal actions for his irresponsible and unprofessional actions.
I must also let it be known here that, if there is the slightest mishap on that flight, then the passengers could sue the airline and glean millions of dollars in damages for the airline’s irresponsibility. I will also say here, even if Ralph Gonsalves is the chairman of LIAT in his capacity of prime minister, and even though he owns an aircraft that is leased to LIAT (which he does), he does not have the authority to instruct LIAT’s COO to order a LIAT owned and operated aircraft to land at the Argyle International Airport.
And if that COO is foolish enough to so do, the repercussions that LIAT will face will be so steep that the cash strapped airline will be permanently bankrupt; which will be nothing new for Ralph E. Gonsalves, when we consider he bankrupted the state-owned National Commercial Bank, the marketing corporation, he has emptied the consolidated fund and the national treasury and dried up all of the funds from the National Insurance Scheme and the National Lottery. I am predicting here that St Vincent and the Grenadines lottery may be the first institution of its kind, which has a monopoly, to become bankrupt or, in local terms, go broke.
So what are we to expect on February14, 2017? Well, we all could expect a rogue plane, from a rogue company, with a few ULP supporters, ministers, and other ULP officials, most of which will be oversea based officials and a few party hacks to land at the international airport. Because the average Vincentian who resides outside St Vincent and the Grenadines are slaving in low paying jobs and cannot afford to pick up and leave their jobs and go on a vacation without prior planning.
After February 14, 2017, what next?
The international airport has been dubbed as a saviour of St Vincent and the Grenadines tourism; however, there was no tourism promotion plan and implementation of a plan to generate an interest in St Vincent and the Grenadines as a go to tourist destination, there was no cultural interest generated, no sports interest and no scenic interest. Therefore, after the landing of the rogue airline at the AIA, there will be nothing new; the airport will be as inactive as it is right now, save for the exception of more people on site, with nothing to do but to fall asleep at their posts because of inactivity and boredom.
I will advise anyone (young person) who has ambition to pursue higher education, especially long distance studies, to seek employment at the New AIA. They will have enough time to study, complete assignments, and do research while receiving a full salary. If you do, you will not regret it.
Don’t expect the AIA to be of any help in developing the economy of SVG but, rather, expect it to be a liability on the economy, putting more strain on the country’s resources. As a matter of fact, this airport is expected to operate at a loss for many years to come.
The Issue of a reputable carrier to operate at this location has been an issue and will remain an issue for years to come. For one thing, citizens of St Vincent and the Grenadines are not big travelers, and our population, including the international Garifuna community, is still small to sustain the operation of an international carrier. That coupled with the low tourist interest in St Vincent and the Grenadines.
So after the hullabaloo, expect nothing.
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