Air Malta: Government accuses Opposition of 'playing to the gallery'
The Opposition's approach to the Air Malta restructuring process was this evening criticised by the Finance Ministry.
It said in a statement that it was a shame that rather than submit concrete proposals to safeguard the airline, the opposition remained politically opportunistic and played for the gallery.
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this afternoon that the party was very disappointed at the way the restructuring of Air Malta was being handled.
He said the business fundamentals of the plans were wrong and the whole process was raising doubts about where all this was leading.
The plan included wrong information and blatant shortcomings, he said.
It also also ignored important sectors such as the carriage of cargo and had basic mistakes even regarding the bottom line.
The government should have noticed such basic mistakes immediately, more so since the livelihood of many families was involved.
The disclaimer attached to the plan was longer than the plan itself, Dr Muscat said.
All this, he said, showed why the government had wanted the Opposition to sign a confidentiality agreement. It also explained why the government yesterday admitted that it had requested fundamental changes to the plan, drawn up by Ernst and Young.
The PL believed there was a future for Air Malta and wanted to give its total contribution, but was not being allowed to do so by the government, he said.
Air Malta, he said, needed to broaden its horizons to become stronger, but this did not appear to be the government's aim. He recalled that three years ago, the prime minister told the airline's workers that the airline had a good future. The situation was very different now.
He said the Opposition had agreed to participate in the restructuring committee and had been prepared for round the clock meetings, if necessary. It also backed emergency borrowing for the airline.
Much depended on the government's policies for Air Malta's survival, including a policy which allowed low cost airlines, but did not harm the national carrier.
The Opposition would stay on in the committee in the interest of the workers, but hoped the government would heed its call to help the airline and to get the restructuring process properly on track.
The PL would not reveal confidential information, but it did not need to be bound by confidentiality agreements, Dr Muscat said.
The Labour leader said the government had told the trade unions that they should give up the principle of 'last in, first out' or it would otherwise not provide alternative jobs. His view, Dr Muscat said, was that if the governemnt could give alternative jobs for those dismissed not under the last in, first out principle, it could give alternative jobs to everyone.
The ministry said that the Opposition’s sole interest was to undermine Air Malta’s restructuring process.
This could be seen from the its continuous negative comments and its insistence on casting doubts on the process, rather than make constructive proposals for the reforms.
It reiterated that Ernst and Young had been requested to make fundamental changes to their proposals and they were currently working on this. Therefore, it was amazing how at such a delicate moment, the Opposition leader continued to make comments which undermined the restructuring process.
In the same way, it was shameful how the Opposition leader was criticising the government for wanting to ensure confidentiality. This showed that Dr Muscat did not mind allowing the airline’s competitors to know of the airline’s final strategy.
The government appealed to everyone to respect the process to restructure the airline.
Should this fail, it warned, there would be negative consequences not just for the workers and their families but also for all who worked in the tourism sector.
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Mr Lawrence Fenech
Jun 26th 2011, 11:00
Gallerija qieghdin il-haddiema kollha li tefghu barra il-barranin li thalsu il-mijuni.
Carmel cilia
Mar 10th 2011, 12:12
@ J.Fenech. Wha competitors? If Air Malta is going to end up as sea malta the other Air companies would have no competitor. By the way the prime minister did not seek help from the other cheap airlines that he introduced some years ago, Taghna Taghna habib. B'taghna nistghu naghmlu ir- rih u bxejn aktar, biss dan il- gvern ghamel min kollox dawn l-ahhar 23 sena biex ma jibqalna xejn taghna kollox biegh, taf x'baqalna id- dejn li ghamel. Ara dak taghna u ahna irridu inhalsuh u l-ebda blue eyed chairman ma se jhallasulna. Isthu jekk baqaghlkom zejt f'wicckom.
Mike Magri
Mar 10th 2011, 10:14
It, (the Finance Ministry - i.e. Hon Tonio Fenech), said in a statement that "...it was a shame that rather than submit concrete proposals to safeguard the airline, the opposition remained politically opportunistic and played for the gallery..." Mur Obsor Hej....!!!
Sur Fenech... Frazi li issa spiccat IMGENGLA, IMKISSRA, BAZWIJJA, BLA BAZI, BANALI ecc.. ecc.. ecc... u li fuq kollox ILNA nisimghu mill-gvernijiet tal PN ghal dawn l-ahhar 10 snin zgur, u kull meta giet privatizzata xi entita tal-gvern.. ez. SeaMalta, Drydocks, Maltacom, Mid Med Bank, ecc.. ecc.. ecc..
Halluna Tridu.. Kemm tahsbu li tistghu tkomplu tippruvaw titmejlu bin-nies aktar......!!!!
ISTHU.... Jekk tafu xi tfisser il-`kelma`.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VCassar
Mar 10th 2011, 09:05
Tajba ukoll!:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110310/local/key-figure-in-air-malta-revival-plan-pulls-out
Carmel Cilia
Mar 10th 2011, 08:48
Veru ma jafx jisthi dan il bniedem. Voldieri dan il-gvern gab lil- Air Malta titkaxkar ma l-art bid dejn bhal ma ghamel lil- pajjizna u issa qieghed jghid li tort tal Labour. Il- Labour halla korporazzjonijiet bsahhithom sur Fenech, Azjendi li kienu jehilbu u mhux jahalbu lil- poplu.
Taf tisthi habib.
joanna farrugia
Mar 10th 2011, 07:47
this is the same tune that gonzipn used for seamalta and the drydocks.first he blames all workers after the opposition but seems gonzipn forgets that he has another 3 fingers pointing to himself.i only feel sorry for the workers cos mostly the management always have another place ready for them
c falzon
Mar 10th 2011, 07:32
GonziPN tkomplux iddahqu lin nies bikom.....intom qed tahsbu li ser inkomplu nemmnukom. We did once, twice, trice, four times but sorry this time no way. PL is looking more credible and with fresh ideas.
joe micallef
Mar 9th 2011, 23:37
What wrong with the Finance Ministry to blame the Labour for Air Malta they had been in the Goverment for so many years thay have to blame themselfs because they whee in the goverment and they where responsible not the opposition .
Victor Vella
Mar 9th 2011, 22:22
Stop playing the fiddle. We are fed up now. Gonzi PN Regime you have to see what to do with Air Malta because you and only you ruined the National airline. First you have done it your way and now after you are drowning in a sea of murky dirt you want the opposition to find solutions. What solutions when you blasted Air Malta with more than 300 million debts? From the ashes what do you pretend the opposition to do? Under the labour Air Malta always made profits. Your regime tried all efforts possible to kill Air Malta and now you are in a state of panic finding everyone against you. Shame on you malicious regime. Hide Yourself under the mask of deceit and scandals of all sorts.
JOE BOUVET
Mar 9th 2011, 21:59
In the interest of all involved lets hope that this restructuring is successfull, but lets face it can anyone put his mind at rest when what they are trying to do in a few week will be a success when we have been having a restructering since 2003/4 and the only success was that up untill last year we had the distribution of bonuses/ promotions and new emplyments?? Suggest that we start a novena to Saint RITA the saint of the impossible.
j Mifsud
Mar 10th 2011, 16:36
Ezatt ilqattu l-musmar Joe!!! Kaz mitluf dan.
j fenech
Mar 9th 2011, 21:42
"In the same way, it was shameful how the Opposition leader was criticising the government for wanting to ensure confidentiality. This showed that Dr Muscat did not mind allowing the airline’s competitors to know of the airline’s final strategy."
i suppose giving millions of € in subsidies to the competitor is much better
S. Montebello
Mar 9th 2011, 19:54
@ Gonzipn
Sejjhu elezzjoni kemm jista ikun malajr, hielkom kwazi 25 sena tghaffgu fl-AirMalta, u issa tippretendu li intom xi salvaturi ta din il-kumpanija, qazzistuna bil-hmieg u il- korruzzjoni. Mhux vera ghandkom l- interessi ta l- AirMalta ghall qalbkhom ghax kieku ma hallejtuhiex tasal f` dan l- stat. Tafu li dejjem ivvutajt ghall pn, izda din id-darba ara biss tharsu lejn il-bieb ta dari qabel l-elezzjoni.
Haddiem professjonali ta l-AirMalta u ex nazzjonalist.
axuereb
Mar 9th 2011, 23:29
hielkom kwazi 25 sena tghaffgu fl-AirMalta...pero xorta bqajt tivvota PN! Allura bil-vot tieghek tajthom il-kunsens li 'jghaffgu' elezzjoni wara l-ohra.
Muscat Pat
Mar 9th 2011, 19:50
Who is going to believe that GonziPN wants to, and is capable of saving Air Malta, when all the marrow from its bones has been sucked dry for the last 20 years?
C.Camilleri
Mar 9th 2011, 19:43
Playing to the gallery?
Ask those Air Malta workers ( amongst others ) who prior to the last election received signed letters by Dr.Gonzi reassuring them that their job was safe and they need not worry with him in at the helm.
Stephen Bencini
Mar 9th 2011, 19:35
@ John Zarb
"Tajjeb ukoll. Il-politika tal-PL vera ser tkun ibbazata fuq is-sustanza"
Il-politika tal gvern ta gonzipn tieghek ibbazata fuq is-sustanzi sur zarb meta kontu intom li kissirtu lill airmalta? X` intenzjoni kellu il-gvern ta EFA meta ried jixtri akkost ta kollox l-RJ`s u jinvesti fl- Azzurra? Min iffirma il- kuntratt ta l- XL Air? Min appunta direturi u management nazzjonalisti bla idejat, mohhom biss biex isahhnu is siggu u ma jista ghalihom hadd ghax nazzjonalisti? E & Y qalu ukoll waqt il- laqat mal haddiema li kien hawn dan l-ahhar li wara it-2003 il- hawn kien hemm tberbieq kbir u hela ta flus, qalu ukoll li il- kuntrati li iffirma il- management ".....border on the ridiculous" Min kien fil gvern wara it-2003 sur zarb? Intom tal pn tridu titkellmu fuq l-airmalta u tikkritikaww lill tal pl, ma tisthux?
victor caruana
Mar 9th 2011, 19:34
The Minister for Finance should listen to the PL serious criticism. Then he should follow the example of the foreign minister of France who resigned afte she accepted joy rides from millionaires and billionaires.
C Cassar
Mar 9th 2011, 19:09
The restructuring proposal must conclude with the removal of all unions currently associated with Air Malta. The unions kiiled off Sea Malta, the shipyards and many other nationalised companies in Malta. Times have moved on and unions do not have any place in modern businesses. If they remain, they will be a millstone on any company including Air Malta.
ROBERT HENRY BUGEJA
Mar 10th 2011, 09:27
@C.Cassar...
Checking out your comment makes me think that you were living on another planet during the last 20 years. Are you for real? The Unions 'KILLED' the seamalta, the shipyards and now the airmalta, you say? One must be really insensitive, arrogant and insane to speak in this manner!...Go and ask the former workers of the seamalta, shipyards and airmalta and see how much they will agree with you and will clap their hands at your argument!! The Truth is that your beloved party is to blame for these INCOMPETANCES and financial disasters. It was your beloved party which slyly left these matters to occur in order to go to Plan B...and we all have an idea what Plan B means to the PN.
Karm Vella
Mar 9th 2011, 18:51
I hope that this is not something that says that it is wrong the way that the government is doing like he says in other things mainly where the EU is concern, in this case ask the people of ICELAND where they end up after they took his advise. Thank God there wasn't anybody like him on the Government side in those days and he did not even made an apologizes to the Maltese what could happen to us if we listen to him. The Maltese are smart enough to decide who is the best for them like they did in the last 25YEARS. AMICO.
J Brincat
Mar 9th 2011, 18:32
What do you expect the Minister of Finance to say?
Why doesn't he say who would be held responsible for this huge financial fiasco? It is to be remembered that Air Malta was led by officials chosen by the Government. You can call them blue-eyed boys!
Joseph Calleja
Mar 9th 2011, 19:11
The Minister of Finance was the one overseeing the finances of Air Malta. That makes him responsible for the demise of Air Malta. If Air Malta was deteriorating for the last 8 or 10 years, where was the minister of Finance then and where is he now? Where is the accountability? Maybe as they say, sh.t runs downhill. Air Malta is on the brink of bankruptcy but nobody is willing to accept the responsibility. The Government, the incompetent management and the unions were all there sitting idly by on the sidelines when Air Malta needed help, now all of a sudden there is a sense of urgency and nobody. Where was the sense of urgency for the last 8 or 10 years? Since Air Malta is owned and run by the Government, then the Government has to take the blame and the Finance Minister who is in charge must be held responsible. It seems though that the employee is the only one answering for this fiasco.
J. Borg
Mar 9th 2011, 18:22
It's amazing how unions as well are saying that they don't agree with the restructuring programme being made. But because their mouths have been shut and cannot say anything else, the minister doesn't attack them. The when the PL speaks about what's going on he attacks the opposition by saying that i is undermining the process.
We already read that the pilots union said that they don't agree with the plan, the GWU also said that theie needs to be talks before the plan is presented. What about the other bodies in the steering committee? Do they aree with what they have seen? Speak now before it is too late.
Is this going to be a take i or leav it by the minister of finance? Like when he presents the budget to the MCESD, and then he says that they were consulted!!!!
alan smith
Mar 9th 2011, 18:20
So the PN through its policies and Blue eyed management manage to accumulate losses of around 200 million ( mostly paid through selling of assets).
The PN policies resulted in Air Malta making losses EVERY YEAR since 1999.
And yet PN apologists attack Joseph Muscat for making a statement!! Also @ Joseph Dimech could you indicate which managers are still there from The Wistin Abela times???
AAzzopardi
Mar 9th 2011, 16:19
@ Mike Magri..... you really must be a person with a great intellectual. If Airmalta is of the Maltese people, why don't you leave it to be run by the Maltese people - or even better by the staff themselves if you think they are so capable. Then when Airmalta goes bust - not half but all of you will be jobless - you won't have to blame the goverment but just yourselves.
If there's a choice in which one has to choose whether saving 2 and sack 1 or else sack the 3 - i would opt for the first choice, as although 1 will be sacked the other 2 will be ok. Now if you are incidentally the 1 that was sacked - then it's either tough luck or else you weren't good enough to work with the National Airline.
Afterall..... it can't always be bright and sunny!
Mike Magri
Mar 9th 2011, 17:15
@..AAzzoppardi... For your information and to clarify your childish assumption, i am a pensioner, thank God, and never been on Air Malta`s books.. BUT that does not mean that i do not give a hoot about the future of AIR MALTA..!! Ofcourse I Do, Azzopardi...!! Now as far as my `itellectuality` is concerned, i can assure you that thanks to my general experience in life, i am `intellectual` enough to easily see the government`s `tricky` intensions of the possibility of the making of Air Malta another PN club, like the Freeport..!! Because if the problem is the downsizing of the employees, then what is it that is so secret about the plan drawn up by Ernst & Young..!!??!!?? You see Azzopardi, the PN governments have much to blame in the bad investment decisions made thru the years, for Air Malta..
That`s Why We ALL Want To Know The Truth Before GonziPN Secretly Decides For Himself..
l fenech
Mar 9th 2011, 18:00
@Mike Magri.
You are so right. We are always on the blind side of what is happening on this island we only get to know after "affare fatto".
Tony Mangion
Mar 9th 2011, 16:00
Regret to say, that most of the comments so far leave much to be desired, as the blunders to this Air Malta downfall were not committed by the workers themselves, but by some of the previous Chairmen that managed this entity.
Joseph Calleja
Mar 9th 2011, 15:55
Why not wait to hear the final results of the plan drawn up by Ernst and Young? The Maltese Government is paying these people a lot of money to come up with a solution on how to save the airline. Even when and if these results come out, it is still up to the discretion of the Maltese Government to abide by those recommendations. This government sat idly by and watched Air Malta deteriorate under their watch and yet they have not admitted any fault. It is definite proof that the government has no business running an airline. No matter of what Dr Muscat thinks and says the immediate government has to make the final decision. The sad part is that the government is so very numb and dumb about the whole thing. Again and again I always said that the same people that brought down Air Malta to its' knees are the same people that are desperate to make amends, but that might be a bit too late. Let us wait to hear and see the recommendations drawn up by Ernst and Young and then go from there, after all the government already paid handsomely for those recommendations..
Charles Massa
Mar 9th 2011, 15:54
Dawn l awdituri li qabbad GONZIPN mohhom biss biex ikexccu l haddiema u xejn izjed. Forsi ghax hekk qalilhom GONZI biex jaghmlu biex ikissru l Air Malta. Kont nippretendi li dawn l awdituri johorgu bi pjan kif l Air Malta izzied ix xoghol bl istess numbru ta haddiema u b hekk tigi profittabli. Imma dawn l awditure li jithalsu belli liri mit taxxi taghna hadu the easy way out. U wara kollox ma kien hawn Maltin li kienu jaghmlu restructuring plan. Ghal fejn dejjem irridu induru fuq il barrani. Bil haqq insejt il ministru Fenech lil Maltin ghallarhom cwiec!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mathew Falzon
Mar 9th 2011, 15:52
Aqraw x'qal John Zarb u aqraw x'wal il Gvern. John Zarba qal- kif Joseh muscat iid imeri lill Earnst and Young, dita ta fama internazzjonali li m'ghandix interesssi politici?
U l Gvern qal- ser ikolli nikteb pjan iehor ggdid- insomma ser nikkorigi bil kbir li ghamlu Earnest and Young. Allura ghalfejn tajniehom mitt elf lira Maltin? Mur isma minnu lil Gonzi.
joe vella
Mar 9th 2011, 15:31
we were informed by ministry of finance that the consultants had been asked to review the report
this confirms muscat's stand-the homework was not done properly
the labour representative on the comittee has been on record stating clearly that matters were not being taken seriously
it is now beginning to look like the consultants were left to work on their own, make their own assumptions and nobody was reviewing proceedings while they were at work
now we have a crooked report that has to be reviewed - at more cost, at more loss of time and the deadline looming
maybe this strategy is aimed at getting things concluded in the final week/s so that then people will have to take it or lump it?
A.vassallo
Mar 9th 2011, 15:31
@ Anthony Ellul
"The workers interests are already being seen to by the GWU"
And who told you that the gwu is doing really that? What the gwu is really doing is twofold:
1) It is making it seem that the gwu is the only union fighting for the workers’ rights. In fact there is also the UHM doing the same. The gwu, as the recognized union supposedly represents ALL the employees at Air Malta, but it is interested only to see how its own members are going to be effected and to hell with all the otheremployees, and
2) It is working hand in hand with the PL to create number of obstacles to the government in this very delicate time for Air Malta and all its employees.
Most probably there will be no redundancies if, and only if, the gwu will not be so much hard-headed and keep on insisting in the Last in First Out system. This system will make Air Malta with many employees nearing retirement age and many of them recruited before the 1987 elections and in the years preceding that.
Far bigger airlines have made thousands of their workers redundant. Why not Air Malta?
Mike Magri
Mar 9th 2011, 14:28
AIR MALTA BELONGS TO THE MALTESE PEOPLE ONLY and NOT to some party or government.... SO NO SECRETS PLEASE....!!! Because the more we have of such excusable `business secrets`, the more SUSPECIOUS IT GETS, Sur GonziPN & Co.. After what happened to Mid Med Bank, The Drydocks, Maltacom, Sea Malta, etc.. etc.., YOU and YOUR PARTY, ARE NO LONGER TRUSTED to decide on your own on Anything else, LET ALONE ON THE FUTURE OF OUR PROUD AIR LINE.. AIR MALTA...!!! HANDS OFF YOUR DIRTY TRICKS, will you....!!!!!!!
Finaly, and on behalf of the VAST Majority of the Maltese people, thank you Dr. Muscat for acting so truthfully on our behalf and in keeping a continuous watchful eye on this situation, as we DESERVE to be informed on ALL that is going on....!!! Period...
James Dimech
Mar 9th 2011, 14:28
Joseph Muscat does not want any restructuring. Joseph Muscat wants Air Malta to keep is overinflated workforce which it does not need (all politically appointed by both parties) just to grab the votes these person's "familji".
In the meantime Air Malta will remain in the red and everyone will keep on paying high prices for air tickets.
VCassar
Mar 10th 2011, 08:59
In the red gabha il-Gvern tieghek bic-Chairmen illi hatar u zburzjaw il-kumpanija; b'nies illi iktar kellhom l-interess personali taghhom u tan-negozji taghhom u li inqdew bl-AM biex ihaxxnu buthom..Sur Dimech. Il-PL wellidha lill-AM.
John Zarb
Mar 9th 2011, 14:23
Joseph Muscat irid imeri xoghol li sar minn kumpanija professjonali ta' fama internazzjonali, li m'ghandiex interessi politici - l-Ernst and Young.
Tajjeb ukoll. Il-politika tal-PL vera ser tkun ibbazata fuq is-sustanza
axuereb
Mar 9th 2011, 23:36
Jekk nigu f dan anke gonzi qed imerrihom ghax talab revizjoni. Jew qabzitlek dik il-bicca?
Joseph Dimech
Mar 9th 2011, 14:01
The "last in first out" option provided for in the collective agreement should be scrapped. If it's beneficial to the country to have a rejuvenated airline, manned by young and energetic personnel, Air Malta should first get rid of the "old guard": those who have been having it all so very good since the times of Wistin Abela. The money they earned and the allowances and perks they have received should be enough for these 40 and 50-year olds to retire peacefully and comfortably, and leave the exciting new ventures to the new blood.
If the naional carrier wants to compete, customers expect to be served on aeroplanes sporting young and fresh airhostesses and stewards, and not old, grumpy forty-somethings, most of whom are eagerly waiting for retirement age to arrive!
Satine Christian
Mar 9th 2011, 17:33
Hi there,
If you had any correct arguments going on up there, you ruined them all with your punch-line. I am 25 yrs old, so I suppose it is in my best interest that employers think I am more employable than other age groups; still, agism is NOT an attitude that should be resorted to, or propogated for that matter.
Kindly be the responsible adult that you are, and refrain from giving others the impression that you are shallow and rude, as this may be an incorrect jugdement, and worst of all, it may have an impact on other reader's attitudes.
Satine Christian
Mar 9th 2011, 17:47
Hi there,
Although it seems that you may have positive, strong arguments going on up there, the humble opinion of a morally conscious person is that you have ruined it all with your punch-line, and choice of words throughout your paragraph statement.
Coming from the under-30's generation, it is natural that I would enjoy reaping the fruits of emlpoyers who prefer working with people in my age group, as opposed to others, yet I know it wrong to propogate this idea, but that is what you have done. Agism is to nobody's advantage, in any area of life - it is disrespectful to all individuals, on which society is built.
Kindly realise that you have responsibilities being the adult you are, and that freedom of speech comes with responsibilities too. Not only did you come off as shallow and rude, but you forgot about how others' may be influenced, and that is negatively.
Thank-you.
c.muscat
Mar 10th 2011, 08:47
If i'm not mistaken the last in first out option is in the law and not a GWU collective agreement. Employment and Industrial Relations Act 452 Article 36(4).
c.muscat
Mar 10th 2011, 09:01
If I'm not mistaken 'last in first out' is according to the Employment and Industrial Relations Act CAP452 Article 36(4) and not something negotiated in a collective agreement. Can any lawyer confirm this?
Anthony Ellul
Mar 9th 2011, 13:55
The workers interests are already being seen to by the GWU which has already been sabre rattling like a snake. So either remove the GWU from the table or the Opposition, One of these workers' defenders is unnecessary on this committee. Since when has the Labour Opposition been taking care of the airline workers' interests? Ain't the GWU enough to do so? Why all this hypocrisy on the opposition;s part? Labour stop politicising this issue. enough has been said already by some 'politically known' workers who are cursing the government in several websites, instead of thanking the Government for trying to save their bacon. Other airlines just threw them out. And that is what should have been done 6 years ago. Far bigger airlines have made thousands of their workers redundant. Why not Air Malta?
Deo Catania
Mar 9th 2011, 16:08
Ellul, kieku minnek naqra l-ittra li baghat Gonzi fil-25 ta' Frar 2008 lill-haddiema tal-Airmalta, qabel taqra dik tikteb xejn.
george sciberras
Mar 9th 2011, 13:52
drydocks all over again - same party backing another collection of its political appointees and voters
alexia farrugia
Mar 9th 2011, 15:24
the problem is that the pn that created problems with airmalta want us to believe that they can solve them. labour is after saving malta's national carrier in the national interest.
l fenech
Mar 9th 2011, 13:44
Dan jahdem bil-buldozer, xi darba dan il-buldozer ser idur ghalieh.
Joe Busuttil
Mar 9th 2011, 13:40
If the Govt.is requesting "fundamental changes to the plan drawn up by Ernt and Young" then why was the firm employed to find a solution to the woes of Air Malta ,in the first place? Looks like another lot of tax payers" money down the drain,a common thing now under Gonzi PN.
Mark Galea
Mar 9th 2011, 13:47
x'behsiebu jaghmel Joseph Iceland Muscat? Jaghti l-pariri? Jew xi terremot?
Jason Micallef
Mar 9th 2011, 15:25
@ Mr.Galea. Prosit Sur Galea kemm taf iddahhak.
Anthony Buhagiar
Mar 9th 2011, 16:58
@ Jason Micallef - apparti c-cajt jiena dhaqt. Jekk tifhem il-battuta tidhaq. Nghiduha kif inhi, tidhaq flok tibki. PL, grow up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!