Air traffic controllers face mounting pressure amid chronic staffing shortage

The nation’s two main unions warned the government on Monday that they will not accept further delays in tackling long-standing problems affecting air traffic controllers at Grantley Adams International Airport,… The post Air traffic controllers face mounting pressure amid chronic staffing shortage appeared first on Barbados Today.


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