Kuwait international Airport (KIA) is being threatened with closure, following a wave of mass resignations at the Aviation Safety Administration, which is the main nerve of the Civil Aviation Administration, reports Al Qabas daily. Six employees of the administration submitted a book requesting they be excused from their supervisory positions, due to what they called “conspiracies, intrigues and inaccuracies that are being committed against the workers in the administration.”
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has the authority to close any airport in the world with a stroke of a pen, in the event that it becomes aware of complaints and shortcomings within the aviation safety management. The daily underscored that ICAO will act as soon as it becomes aware of the members’ resignations. The level of aviation safety in Kuwait will face unimaginable tremors, as a result of unprecedented interventions from the Technical Advisory Office of the President of Civil Aviation in the Aviation Safety Administration.
ICAO closely and carefully monitors the latest developments in Kuwaiti civil aviation, and the extent of its impact on aviation safety, and there may be dangerous developments that make it likely for a decision for the suspension of Kuwait Airport from operations to be enforced.
The six supervisors who tendered their resignation from their positions revealed that “The distinguished international performance achieved by the divisions of the Aviation Safety Department, which Kuwait is proud of, did not manage to prevent the tactics of questioning towards all the successive directors of the department and tarnishing the reputation of the department for purposes that serve some individuals”.
They explained, “One of the methods used by the technical office is to create chaos and confusion, twist the hands of the expert office and put it at its disposal. Instead of supporting civil aviation and developing its performance, this office has become more interested in fishing for errors.
They pointed out that the matter has reached the point where they are taking the company files, which are confidential, under the pretext of reporting unethical behavior, in violation of the system of supervision and international legislation, which is a deficiency in the work of the administration that requires ICAO’s intervention, reports Al Qabas daily.
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