The PSD leader reacted, in Maputo, at the end of a visit to Mozambique, when he was confronted with an article titled “Indignation”, published in the newspaper Público by the Mozambican writer Mia Couto, who was also among thousands of people without assistance. . during queue hours.
“I did not have the opportunity to read it, but they told me about the article,” said Rui Rio, who framed the case in the “evaluation of the global policy of the aviation sector”, that is, together with the direction of TAP.
While there are waiting on the ground, Rui Rio considered that there is too much money in the air, “poured on top of TAP”a company with “a history of losses, from the beginning, and a history of excessive profits.”
“We are even hearing that there are unions in TAP” that “are already thinking of going on strike to recover wages”, thanks to the resumption of flights, with the relaxation of restrictions related to covid-19, he said.
And he went on to say: “we are talking, of course, about very high salaries, and they have no problem with that because it is the Portuguese taxpayers who will pay”.
“If they decided that TAP should be public, it has to provide a public service and they cannot complain” that it does not provide it “due to lack of money, because if there is something that has been thrown at TAP, it is the taxes of the Portuguese” .
ANA Aeroportos announced on Sunday “long waiting times that exceeded three hours” due to “lack of resources and functioning SEF border control posts.”
The SEF stated on Monday that the long lines reflect the exponential increase in tourism and inadequate infrastructure for the number of passengers.
Even with the total number of positions (16) working on Monday, after waiting on Sunday, the waiting time remained two hours, he explained.
Source: Observadora
