The injunction was granted against the Trinidad and Tobago Airlines Pilots Association (TTALPA), preventing its president, executive members as well as their agents from taking or continuing to take and/or participating in industrial action, including calling in sick en masse. The TTALPA, however, has denied having any knowledge that a sickout or industrial action was taking place.

 Nevertheless, the Court has ordered that TTALPA instruct or direct its members to immediately report for duty as rostered and as they are required to do in the normal course of their employment. Additionally, the Airline is currently in negotiations with the Association over a collective agreement for the period 2015-2016.

Meanwhile, the Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Egbert Field, said the Airline has informed them that flights have been disrupted due to “human resource issues”. “I did ask them [Caribbean Airlines] when they expect to have this disruption resolved and they indicated they couldn’t give me a time but they were working on it,” he explained.

 Caribbean Airlines has assured customers that they will be transferred to the soonest available flight. “The airline is experiencing delays and cancellations to many of its International and Domestic services. Affected customers are being advised and will be re-accommodated on the first available services.”

This latest fracas with the Airline comes at a time when governments of the region are looking to make inter-island travel easier and more affordable for West Indians.