22 iaa cadets let go
its been reported today in the irish examiner, that the iaa has fired all 22 students from their most recent cadet intake.
all 22 had successfully completed their training, and were awaiting ojt assignment. the iaa say that they have been let go due to the "downturn in aviation since 9/11" - that old chestnut! despite posting nearly a 20% increase in post tax profits this year ( up to e5.3m from e4.5m last year)
the iaa have now wasted e1.2m on their training to date ( over 20% of post tax profit!), not to mention messing around with 22 lives!
it has also been stated that there was an overstaffing problem, due to the non implementation of an ealy retirement program. ie there is no program in place at the moment so there were no vacancies for these newly qualified controllers.
will heads roll over this? i doubt it....
watch this space