The staff at the national carrier has made a heartfelt
plea to the Prime Minister to be given the chance to save Air Jamaica.
With just days to go before the reported signing of a deal for Caribbean Airlines to take over the floundering airline, the staff has sent a letter to Prime Minister Bruce Golding begging him to reconsider the sale to foreigners.
RJR News got a hold of the two-page letter which highlights the value of the Lovebird as a symbol of national pride and resilience.
In short the staff feels able to save the ailing bird from death and decay and are more than willing to try.
The appeal, coming from the Staff of Air Jamaica Holdings Ltd., declares the workers' backing of efforts by the Jamaican Air Line Pilots Association (JALPA) to buy out the airline.
The staff declared that Jamaicans should rise and invest in themselves, cautioning that now is not the time for Jamaica to sell this birthright.
Borrowing language from a long-standing patriotic campaign, they added it was time for Jamaicans to "Eat what we grow and own what we fly!".
In reminding the Prime Minister of similarities to his call for support for his Debt Refinancing Initiative, the Air Jamaica staff issued their own appeal for a chance to keep their company Jamaican owned and operated.
They urged that the Staff of Air Jamaica and the Jamaican people who are willing to fight the fight with them, be given a chance.
They proclaimed their confidence that if given the chance, they can remake Air Jamaica into a successful entity.
With just days to go before the reported signing of a deal for Caribbean Airlines to take over the floundering airline, the staff has sent a letter to Prime Minister Bruce Golding begging him to reconsider the sale to foreigners.
RJR News got a hold of the two-page letter which highlights the value of the Lovebird as a symbol of national pride and resilience.
In short the staff feels able to save the ailing bird from death and decay and are more than willing to try.
The appeal, coming from the Staff of Air Jamaica Holdings Ltd., declares the workers' backing of efforts by the Jamaican Air Line Pilots Association (JALPA) to buy out the airline.
The staff declared that Jamaicans should rise and invest in themselves, cautioning that now is not the time for Jamaica to sell this birthright.
Borrowing language from a long-standing patriotic campaign, they added it was time for Jamaicans to "Eat what we grow and own what we fly!".
In reminding the Prime Minister of similarities to his call for support for his Debt Refinancing Initiative, the Air Jamaica staff issued their own appeal for a chance to keep their company Jamaican owned and operated.
They urged that the Staff of Air Jamaica and the Jamaican people who are willing to fight the fight with them, be given a chance.
They proclaimed their confidence that if given the chance, they can remake Air Jamaica into a successful entity.