The
calamitous implications of council axing Uist and Barra flights,
continues to escalate. Directly and indirectly over 20 flights in
total are lost, including connections between Stornoway, Inverness
and Edinburgh.
How
much more will be lost while the council howls; it’s
not our fault.
Council Leader Angus Campbell, informed the Cabinet Secretary, that while he was sad at having to withdraw the service, that is what his public consultation told him.
Blaming
the public simply will not do. It is now undeniable that public
money has been provided to the council for air services and that the
council transferred the money elsewhere.
I
commend MSP Alasdair Allan for seeking and an urgent meeting with the
Newspaper Industry’s distributers, to try and resolve this problem.
Credit also to Angus MacNeil MP for contacting Secretary of State,
Vince Cable MP, to urge him to look at Royal Mail system to improve
communication and make cost savings.
I
further urge the council to reconsider its decision to axe the
services. Failing that, it could apply to transfer to government the
transport powers it has abdicated, in order that alternative forms of
delivering the transport can be investigated.
Donald
Manford.
