~ Airport COO steps in and save the day with extra firefighters.~
AIRPORT: Firefighters at the Princess Juliana International Airport are currently on sickout on Sunday morning causing a category to drop as there are not sufficient firefighters on duty. Due to this action, certain sizes of aircraft can land neither take off this morning.
SMN News learned that the firefighters decided to take action because they were not paid their 100% bonus payment. According to information received management of PJIAE offered to pay its firefighters 75% of their bonus in a meeting held last week but the proposal was rejected.
SMN News is following the developments at PJIAE and will update this article as more information becomes available.
Reliable information reaching SMN News states that the Chief Operations Officer Michel Hyman managed to recruit at least five firefighters that are working in other departments at PJIAE to step in an avert the situation bringing the numbers up and increase the category, thereby allowing all sizes of aircraft to take off and land.
According to information reaching SMN News as soon as operations resume to normal a meeting will be held with the disgruntled airport firefighters that are currently on sick out.
SMN News also learned that Minister of TEATT Ludmilla de Weever is also on the grounds of the airport to try and avert the situation.
