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Caribbean Airlines (CAL) vice-president of Human Resources, Charmaine Heslop-Da Costa, has said she resigned for personal reasons from the airline.
Sources had told the Express that Heslop-Da Costa was asked by CAL chairman Phillip Marshall to demit office after bonuses were paid to the Jamaican crew during the Christmas vacation.
The Jamaican pilots were absorbed from Air Jamaica into CAL following the merger of both airlines in 2011.
The decision to pay the bonuses, sources say, resulted in the cockpit crew of CAL at Trinidad launching a sick-out and several flights were cancelled during December last year and January because there was no cockpit captain/first officer.
The flights affected were from inter-island (Caribbean destinations) and Tobago.
The protest was their way of grousing over being sidelined with the bonus issue, sources added.
When the Express contacted Heslop-Da Costa on Saturday morning, she maintained her resignation was for “personal reasons”.
Asked whether she was denying paying bonuses to the Jamaican pilots last year, she said: “You need to speak with the company about that. There were no payments. I am not aware of that. My resignation is for personal reasons.”
Corporate Communications manager at CAL, Clint Williams, in response to questions posed, said via e-mail that “Mrs Heslop-Da Costa, VP, Human Resources at Caribbean Airlines, tendered notice of her resignation, of her own volition, and will continue to function in her substantive position for an appropriate period to allow for a seamless transition.”
Williams said, in this regard, “the board and management express their appreciation”, and thanked Heslop-Da Costa for her services.