Court injunction prevents Caribbean Airlines pilots from protesting after airline chaos

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A Trinidad and Tobago court on Monday issued an order to state-owned Caribbean Airlines to stop its pilots from staging protests and strikes, which caused flight cancellations the day before, reported EFE.

This injunction was imposed against the Trinidad and Tobago Pilots Association (TTALPA) and prevents the president, executive members or agents from taking action to demand labor improvements, including mass claims of “being sick”.

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The court also stipulated that TTALPA “immediately” order the airline workers to “report immediately to duty, as required of them in the normal course of their employment.”

This comes after hundreds of people were stranded at Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport on Sunday due to the cancellation of eight Caribbean Airlines flights.

The airline, in a press release, said it was experiencing “delays and cancellations to many international and domestic air services.”

“There has been a remarkably high volume of calls from pilots reporting that they are unwell and unable to report for duty. These calls are occurring approximately three hours before their flight times,” he related.

TTALPA, however, denied that there has been a collective sick leave as a form of protest.