it gets worse
Steady boy, steady.....
I am only reporting on this sham airline for a friend involved with these Miami shysters. He has called me regularly with the shameful details. Computer access in Saudi and Africa is very restricted and painfully slow at best.
The latest news is that crews abandoned in Jeddah were given free tickets courtesy of Emirates Airlines and arranged by handling agent UNASCO (well done UNASCO). The tickets were home to Dubai for the cabin crew and to London for the flight crew. The flight crew are now trying to find cheap tickets home from London (with NO help from their employer Northeast of course).
I understand that after 2 weeks of false promises and lies from one of the owners, my friend had finally had enough and decided to contact the appropriate authorities and make them aware of the FACTS in order that the appropriate action could be taken. For the crew in Jeddah, it seems to have worked.
The same owner in Jeddah, had the affront to tell the hotel manger that he was only one of the crew and not responsible for the situation! This particular owner is now being detained in Jeddah by the Saudi authorties (lets hope they throw away the key, from all accounts, this would greatly assist his diet).
One of the other owners in Burkina Faso is using money sent to repatriate the cabin crew to pay for an attorney to try and get the Tristar released. The flight crew bought their own tickets to the USA a long time ago.
It would seem that getting the crew home would be their first priority. Apparantly, Northeast is not a "peolple" airline. Wouldn't you think anyone operating a Tristar could come up with a few thousand dollars to get crew home?
Aint no way to run an airline.............