GOVERNMENT OWES 186 M DRAMS TO AIRLINE WORKERS

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 19 2006

The former state airline workers did not get their salaries between
October 2003 and March 2004. The government owes salary debts to
343 workers, 39 died without getting their salary. "Why, are they
waiting until we die too?" they stated at the Union of Journalists
on October 19.

The former pilots have appealed to the government and the president of
Armenia for several times but the government put a soft pillow under
their heads and promised to solve the problem. "The government paid our
salary and we worked for the government, let them pay our salaries,"
complain the former pilots and add, "We will go all the way until they
pay the money." And the size of the debt to each worker is different,
from 8 thousand to 4 million drams. The former pilots say they want
to get their money as soon as possible because they are afraid of
losing their last hope, which is 200 million dollars from the sale
of the property of the state airlines. The money, which appears to
be unattainable for them, is with the manager, who is waiting for
the decree of the government of Armenia to pay the salaries. And
before that blessed day they are going to publish a book entitled
"Aviagenocide". And for the time being they are likely to go to the
Constitutional Court.