Adrian Delia had another golden opportunity to prove he is slowly changing the ‘old way’ of extreme negativism practised by Simon Busuttil, opting for a more constructive and responsible criticism of the Labour government. He failed to utter even a single word about Air Malta and the airline pilots’ decision not to accept the government’s final offer when all the other unions had agreed to the collective agreements offered to them.
The airline pilots’ union, Alpa, also threatened to take industrial action over a rather trifle matter, but which could cause untold damage to our national airline and undermine all the good work being done to turn Air Malta from a crippled airline to one with a bright future.
Delia must have thought that, by remaining silent about this very serious matter, he could win a few votes from Air Malta’s pilots, not realising he will probably lose many more from the rest of the airline’s employees, who could realise he is more concerned about the Nationalist Party’s interest than their own.
Now that even Alpa has arrived to an agreement, all those involved to bring about this groundbreaking agreement deserve an accolade.
Not so the leader of the Opposition and his motley crew who have shown that they have no political will to rise above their partisan political interests.