PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Monday said that it is “proactively” working to manage and update its operational schedules following severe flight disruptions on Sunday “due to a high volume of sick calls from pilots.
“The airline is working on recovery flights for displaced passengers of canceled services. However due to the number of individuals impacted, this process is currently ongoing,” the airline said in a statement.
The Industrial Court of Trinidad and Tobago Monday granted an ex-parte injunction to the airline whose services have been severely affected, resulting in the cancellation of several domestic, regional, and international flights.
The injunction was granted against the Trinidad and Tobago Airlines Pilots Association (TTALPA), preventing its president, executive members as well as their servants or agents from “taking or continuing to take and participating howsoever in industrial action within the meaning of the Industrial Relations Act…including calling in sick en masse.”
The Court has also ordered TTALPA direct “forthwith” to instruct or direct CAL workers who are its members to “immediately report for duty as rostered and as they are required to do in the normal course of their employment.”
The Industrial Court said that its orders should continue “until further order” and that the application for the ex-party injunction “be returnable on the 28th day of September 2023, at the hour of 9.30 o clock”.
In its latest statement, CAL said some international and domestic flights “are still impacted, and our dedicated Reservations Service Centre is actively working to contact all affected customers.”
It is urging passengers to update their contact information to “receive automatic updates and notifications” regarding their flights.
“We want to emphasize that if your flight is canceled, there is no need for you to head to the airport until we have contacted you with information about your new flight date and time.”
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