Submitted by Abraham
Sadly, I have found that in Barbados there are two main professions that are given all the priority and prominence in the society, these are Law and Medicine! Obviously it has lead to a large fraternity in Barbados with arguably negative results at the moment, i.e. when the population has no recourse and is always held at ransom by doctors, who have been known to exploit locals, with huge overwhelming prices for health related issue, as well as the lawyers, literally robbing poor people for legal services rendered. Added to this is a government and opposition devoid of innovative ideas to lead this country forward, as they are stuck in the past modes and methods, which aptly describes the required thinking in these professions. The problem gets worse when we look at the percentage of our scholarship winners who have and are continuing to pursue these professions in the last 15 years, instead of entrepreneurship, tourism management, agriculture development and alternative energy management. All critically needed areas of development today.
As it stands there are no alternative measures to this madness, and the thought of outside competition rendering similar services would prove futile, as we remember our treatment of Guyanese construction labour. Imagine in this present day paying a lawyer huge sets of money for the title and deeds to piece of land, to the sum like almost 10,000 and for what, poor service and unnecessary delays! I consider these practices as wrong and we the grass roots people and users of this poor service in this country need to do something about it! With level headedness, good morale and ethical skills such as displayed by our leader and deputy, maybe we have a fighting chance to save Barbadians from the wrath of these two professions as we desperately need a new path to take the country forward. Health Minister, Mr. Inniss is seemingly doing a great job and trying his best, as they are several cases I have heard about a certain urologist in Barbados and believe me, he should not be allowed to offer services at all.
The government of the day has a chance to insist on the development of other Barbadian professionals with the news of an airline on it’s way to a launch in Barbados. Another set of professionals i.e. local pilots would like to be given a chance to practise their profession at home. These pilots as well with other airline trained locals, leave Barbados to pursue their goals and dreams, and can certainly contribute to the success of a Barbados based airline. What grabs me is that places like Antigua, who have a smaller trained pool of persons can run an airline . We have spent millions lately on LIAT and they are locals at home just waiting for a chance to climb into the cockpits of a locally based airline to get going. Barbados has the infrastructure and the information needed to be able to at least run an airline. We always supported BWIA, remember our excellent PM Mr Barrow fought for certain privileges for that airline, and they used to make Barbadian lives hell.
It is time the Director of Civil Aviation (DCA) in Barbados helps at any means and support any local airline that has potential to employ local staff. I am sure the current government will be more than anxious to have a helping hand in “Airone”, that is what the airline is called, and hope that the failures of Caribbean Airways and Carib Express can shed some new light in keeping this one afloat, for the sole purpose of generating employment in a time like this. I am depending on our prime minister, acting or otherwise and deputy to assist in this matter, If we leave to the (DCA) we don’t stand a chance, they are known to discourage any potential investors who wants to start up any airline in Barbados.
Please support the development of other professionals in Barbados!!
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