The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Karamanlis, referred to the staff of the CAA, in order to deal with any arrhythmias during the summer period, but also to the compensations from TRAINOSE, in response to a question from the Cyclades MP of SYRIZA-PS Nikos Syrmagni shortages of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) at the small island airports in view of the tourist season “.
The Minister stated that recruitments have already been launched, through ASEP, Air Traffic Controllers, who will staff the airports, so that the new tourist season runs smoothly. “With the new law for the Standard Proposals, which we voted just yesterday, we reactivated the last competition of ASEP for Air Traffic Controllers, in order to proceed with the recruitment of 35 people”, said Mr. Karamanlis and added that a big competition will follow. of the CAA, with 92 additional auditors and 30 AFISO employees, who will staff the regional airports of the country.
Addressing the SYRIZA MPs, Mr. Karamanis pointed out contradictions in what the main opposition party supports, saying characteristically: “It is at least comically tragic. “But just yesterday, when we voted on the recruitment article, you said ‘no’! You could at least reconcile with each other. And withdraw the question, but you do not!”
The Minister also pointed out that the CAA has already been instructed to proceed with the training of four employees of this sector, so that they can be in their place this summer. “Apart from that, the possibility of transferring another 15 employees for the staffing of the Civil Aviation Service is being considered,” he added.
In addition, Mr. Karamanlis reminded that “since December 2019 we have introduced the efficiency bonus to civil servants, combining the salary benefits of Auditors with the performance of air navigation, and the reduction of delays.” “And we did not stop here”, he continued, noting that in the context of the wider reorganization of the CAA, we have started a wider dialogue with the Auditors, setting up a joint Working Group, in order to ensure the smooth operation of the country’s regional airports.
TRAINOSE: Exceptions will be removed
Then, answering a question of the 7th Vice President of the Parliament and Member of Parliament B3 Southern Sector of Athens of MERA25 Sofia Sakorafa regarding the compensations of TRAINOSE, he clarified that there are no exceptions in the compensations of the passengers of the Athens-Thessaloniki-Athens route, but of the Kalampaka-Athens route, for the great suffering of January 24 from the unprecedented snowstorm.
As he underlined, “I personally contacted the management of the private TRAINOSE SA on January 25 and asked the company to pay 1,000 euros to the train passengers and TRAINOSE fully agreed to pay the amount, while the application process has already begun.” .
At the same time, Mr. Karamanlis pointed out that the intentions of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport are the abolition of the exceptions of Regulation 1371, regardless of their time and force. As explained, Regulation 1371 was adopted in the framework of the common transport policy, in order to guarantee the rights of rail passengers in order to improve the quality and efficiency of the services provided, in order to increase the share of rail transport in relation to other modes of transport. “The Regulation – in a series of provisions – provides Member States with the possibility of exempting railway undertakings from the application of certain articles. “Therefore, for any compensation that might have been paid – if there were no specific exceptions – TRAINOSE would probably have turned against OSE, which as it does not have the financial capacity at the moment to meet the requirements,” he noted.
Finally, Mr. Karamanlis pointed out that “this is another reason why the main priority of our ministry is the upgrade of the country’s railway infrastructure with a package of projects of 3.3 billion euros.”
Source: AMPE
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