LIAT appoints new CEO
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, July 31st, 2012 at 1:11 PM
Captain Ian Arthur Brunton
LIAT announced on Tuesday that a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has been appointed to head the airline.
In a release, the company identified the new CEO as Captain Ian Arthur Brunton.
His appointment takes effect from August 1, 2012.
The company said Captain Brunton has had a long and distinguished career in aviation, serving in almost every aspect of the business.
He served in the Royal Air Force piloting a wide variety of aircraft, has been Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Pilots’ Association, was first chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority.
He has been Vice President of Operations at BWIA West Indies Airways Limited and in 2007, Executive Vice President of Caribbean Airlines Limited.
In 2009, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Caribbean Airlines Limited.
He is also a qualified Attorney-at-Law and holds both Bachelor and Master of Laws degrees from the University of London.
Captain Brunton takes over from Julie Reifer-Jones who has been Acting CEO since the departure of Brian Challenger who resigned from the post on June 30, 2012.
Recently, the government of Dominica announced that it will be injecting $8-million into LIAT and will be purchasing shares in the airline.
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14 Comments
Good luck Capt.Brunton, you’ve certainly got your work cut out.Hope you make a better job than your predecessors did….You’re going to need it.
Dominican just accepting anybody resume.if a dominican hd those qualifications they would pass the job right over their head and giveit to an outsider,only in Dominica you find that happening.LIAT again is another mess.I”ve been travelling with them for over36 years and never have i once received a proper service.Up to yesterday i had a bad experience with them. My 83 year old mother left for dominica at 12:30 scheduled to arrive in Dominica at 3:10.The poor lady reached home after eight.What upset me most.i”m trying to call the agent to ask about the whereabout of the aircraft,her response was “mam when the plane leaves the country we do not know what happens to it”.PATHETIC. Bad customer service,poor ratings ,no matter who they bring,they will always remain an unreliable airline.And Skerritt going to buy shares to put us in more mise’
LOL? I MUST LAUGH AT THE AGENT’S RESPONSE. SHE IS WHAT YOU CALL A “D.A” but Liat always got alot of issues during peak travel times so you should not expect proper service this time of year. And Liat has flight tracking system, you just enter the flight details (Departure/Origin, Flight# etc) and you will be given the info/where abouts of the flight, even the dept/arrival gates. Just a shame that she couldn’t even tell you that.
I honestly have had some horrible experiences with liat to the point where i almost got arrested in Antigua(still got it out for the nigga). So i’ve made my mind to never fly them again, unless if they’re the only option. Will pay my big bucks on American Eagle and get somewhat A+ service
Lets hope that with all the title he has on his CV works out for all of the caribbean travellers and he will not inform his staffs to say to travellers it’s the act of God why the plane is not able to take-off. We will watch what the future brings Liat’s way.
Is that the same captain Brunton who’s acquisition of four ATR turbo props surplus to requirements, caused him to be fired as CEO of Caribbean Airlines? Maybe he is bringing these spare airplanes with him to LIAT?
A NEW LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
Legal and aviation background!!! Great combination for this post. Let’s all work together to make LIAT a priority.
Qualified CEO, qualified pay…… Thia is going to be a big pay day and that is what has been hurting liat, big and i mean BIG pay given to mangement.
Such a wonderful background for a man who knows so much about aviation, it seems that LIAT is moving ahead positively.
I have to agree with you. I like the background attributes. I want to see what’s going to happen now.
so a person must be a pilot to be a CEO of an airline company
Let’s hope this man has a vision to help LIAT to recover.
I hope all the $ injected will afford Dominica some more respect from LIAT in regards to better service and scheduling, routing etc…I look forward to using Liat instead of Eagle..IF I see improved scheduling and customer service.
good luck with that one
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