Ot­to Car­ring­ton

Ten­sions be­tween the T&T Air­line Pi­lots’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTAL­PA) and Caribbean Air­lines Lim­it­ed (CAL) have es­ca­lat­ed, with the union mak­ing a bold pub­lic state­ment with a bill­board erect­ed on BWIA Boule­vard, near Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port.

TTAL­PA said the bill­board, which was erect­ed on Wednes­day, re­flects the pi­lots’ grow­ing frus­tra­tion over un­re­solved salary is­sues and de­layed col­lec­tive bar­gain­ing ne­go­ti­a­tions. The union’s in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions con­sul­tant, Tim­o­thy Bai­ley said it is an “in­no­v­a­tive” and “cre­ative” way of ex­press­ing the pi­lots’ dis­sat­is­fac­tion with the han­dling of their con­cerns.