Well, it was time to visit the Bahamas once again and I thought they would have by now cleaned up the airport operation.
Much to our chagrin, they have not. It was my understanding that a professional operator was going to take , over. The baggage handler indicated that many of the poor performing retail stores had “connections” and there was some hesitance in making that change for fear of losing their locations.
My poor wife’s mother had to go to one of those disgusting bathrooms at the airport and became very ill at the stench inside. My wife insisted that I contact my company, which is a member of the Florida Chamber (of Commerce), and e-mail an alert to all members of this situation; which I did.
How can the tourist department of the Bahamian government allow this to continue?
On another matter I was reading The Tribune and had to chuckle at the local government airline Bahamasair, which apparently closes their reservations at 4:30 pm! No wonder that outfit loses as much money as they do. What was even funnier was when Mr Woods was asked by a reporter from The Tribune about this policy he said: “We are going to change it to 7.30 pm!” Apparently they have never heard of a call centre!
Thank goodness for a free and Democratic Press!
By: JOHN SMESTAD
Florida
