'What start wrong can only end wrong'- Caller on BVI Airways fiasco
The controversy heated up yesterday, July 18, 2017, when BVI Airways announced in a press release that they are laying off their staff and placed the blame on the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL).
If something start wrong, it only could end wrong
A caller to the radio programme said, “My parent always taught me that if something start wrong, it only could end wrong. If I owe the government some money and they want to give me a contract, they are going to make sure that before they give me that contract, I clear my bill with them. So that is something people need to understand, if something start wrong, it only could end wrong and that’s the problem we going through with that controversy right now.”
Another caller to the show stated that the controversy is a “major blunder” and the NDP government should have invested in their own; VI Airlink. “It’s sad that they didn’t want to invest in their own and look what happen now.”
“It will be interesting to see how it’s going to be resolved. The airline was supposed to be flying as of July 22 - that’s in just a few days- but so far it seems that, that’s not going to happen,” commented the host of the show, Mr Doug Wheatley.
A disgruntled caller stated that the issue between the government and BVI Airways is causing a lot of difficulties and the airline might never commence flights.
“The airport thing is causing a lot of problem. To me, it seems like this ain’t going to come through at all. I don’t know how the Virgin Islands government going to get back there money; that’s $7 million. That might be another positive action movement again because I can’t see you take up $7 million and give those people. I don’t get it.”
This is a poorly conceived idea
In response to a caller’s question, President of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Natalio D. Wheatley, a guest on the show, explained that the investment the government made in BVI Airways was a “poorly conceived idea.”
“The government called this a subsidy and from my knowledge of subsidising airlines, normally you have an airline that is already in operation and the government simply buy seats. So this is more like a startup, you giving like a grant to start up a business, which is rather strange because the government doesn’t own shares in it. This is quite irregular. The government has no control over what is happening,” explained Mr Natalio Wheatley.
A disappointed caller said, “It’s not feeling good. If they care about our islands. If they care about our people. If they care about the whole Virgin Islands, they would know that this is painful, not only because we are not able to fly but we can’t afford more financial implications as we are right now.”
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All the bad talk envy and resentment is the fuel in their tank so keep on lighting their fire.