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LOW cost and embattled airline EZjet is broke and will not be able to refund passengers today, as promised by the local airline’s office by way of post dated cheques issued to passengers two weeks ago. Yesterday, local operations manager Rosalinda Rasul informed the media that the airline had no other options than to hand the refunding process over to the Government of Guyana which will commence the process by first publishing notices inviting persons to submit their claims for refunds.
That process however, is a lengthy one and passengers are not likely to get any money from that US$200,000 bond anytime before 2013.
A clearly ashamed and hurt Rosalinda Rasul told reporters that even in the face of hardships being experienced by the airline, while she and local staff tried desperately to keep the operations of the airline afloat, its founder and CEO Sonny Ramdeo kept “lying, betraying and misleading” the entire staff of the EZjet airline both locally and overseas.
The woman said that it was only Sonny who knew the true and real financial position of the company but that remained a well-kept secret only to him.
Rasul spoke of questions she posed to Sonny about the lawsuit which is filed against him in New York, saying that was the first stroke of a line of deceit and lies that Sonny fed his employees.
The one time acting CEO also told reporters that three weeks before the lawsuit against Sonny was made public, she held a meeting to discuss marketing the airline but he used the opportunity to ask her to head the company for a period of three months.
Rasul said that two days after, the bombshell was dropped when the media got hold of a lawsuit filed against Sonny. She said that it was through the media that she learnt of the lawsuit. The woman admitted that she, nevertheless, continued to have faith in Sonny and the airline.
Rasul explained that as she assumed the role of acting CEO of EZjet, the work became more than she could have managed but with the help of her staff she was able to hold the operations, especially the Guyana operations, together by interfacing with the passengers, something the other offices in the United States and Canada were not doing.
She described herself and the Guyana staff as the “last man standing” when all other country offices ceased operating.
Rosalinda said she has been assuring the public of the airline’s comeback because they trusted Sonny and believed everything that he told them.
She said that there was no immediate evidence to suggest that he was misleading them all along. She also mentioned that his decision to resign and pass the operations over to her for a period was not an ‘eyebrow raiser’ since he did mention earlier in the year that he will be resigning from his other jobs to focus o the airline.
She thought that the three months period was the beginning of that process since he said that he needed to deal with some personal issues.
Ms. Rasul explained that over the last two months it became the most critical period of the airline and to sit and watch the gradual demise of the airline was truly disheartening. She said that a lot went wrong with the airline but again they were left in the dark by the airline’s founder.
That process however, is a lengthy one and passengers are not likely to get any money from that US$200,000 bond anytime before 2013.
A clearly ashamed and hurt Rosalinda Rasul told reporters that even in the face of hardships being experienced by the airline, while she and local staff tried desperately to keep the operations of the airline afloat, its founder and CEO Sonny Ramdeo kept “lying, betraying and misleading” the entire staff of the EZjet airline both locally and overseas.
The woman said that it was only Sonny who knew the true and real financial position of the company but that remained a well-kept secret only to him.
Rasul spoke of questions she posed to Sonny about the lawsuit which is filed against him in New York, saying that was the first stroke of a line of deceit and lies that Sonny fed his employees.
The one time acting CEO also told reporters that three weeks before the lawsuit against Sonny was made public, she held a meeting to discuss marketing the airline but he used the opportunity to ask her to head the company for a period of three months.
Rasul said that two days after, the bombshell was dropped when the media got hold of a lawsuit filed against Sonny. She said that it was through the media that she learnt of the lawsuit. The woman admitted that she, nevertheless, continued to have faith in Sonny and the airline.
Rasul explained that as she assumed the role of acting CEO of EZjet, the work became more than she could have managed but with the help of her staff she was able to hold the operations, especially the Guyana operations, together by interfacing with the passengers, something the other offices in the United States and Canada were not doing.
She described herself and the Guyana staff as the “last man standing” when all other country offices ceased operating.
Rosalinda said she has been assuring the public of the airline’s comeback because they trusted Sonny and believed everything that he told them.
She said that there was no immediate evidence to suggest that he was misleading them all along. She also mentioned that his decision to resign and pass the operations over to her for a period was not an ‘eyebrow raiser’ since he did mention earlier in the year that he will be resigning from his other jobs to focus o the airline.
She thought that the three months period was the beginning of that process since he said that he needed to deal with some personal issues.
Ms. Rasul explained that over the last two months it became the most critical period of the airline and to sit and watch the gradual demise of the airline was truly disheartening. She said that a lot went wrong with the airline but again they were left in the dark by the airline’s founder.
