Politics / HIAL board members appointed for ability not location, parliament committee told
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Community / Petition calls for greater local knowledge on boards of public bodies
Council / Air traffic control motion wins support of councillorsThe motion requests a meeting be convened between Shetland Islands Council, HIAL and government ministers
Updated Air traffic controllers to escalate industrial action over remote tower plansHIAL accuses the union of putting existing routes under unsustainable pressure at a time the country emerges from lockdown
Letters / Time to change the management
Transport / Council motion calls for air traffic control project to be paused
Transport / SNP candidate urges HIAL to think about remote working
Community / HIAL needs to do more to help staff affected by remote tower move, impact study recommends
Community / Politicians outraged as islands set to lose out in air traffic control centralisation move
Community / HIAL accepts more needs to be done to help staff affected by loss of local air traffic control jobs
Community / Transport secretary adamant remote tower project is the way forwardWishart launches second petition against controversial HIAL plans
Letters / Evidence fails to stand up to scrutiny
Community / HIAL committed to controversial remote tower project, petitions committee hearsWishart calls for the project to be stopped as survey identifies huge opposition
Transport / Bill for remote air traffic control project tops £6m so farShetland MSP Beatrice Wishart says the amount spent on the project so far is ‘disheartening’
Transport / HIAL keen to make Sumburgh Airport carbon neutral
Transport / Sumburgh Airport car parking income takes significant – but expected – dip
Transport / Oil and gas traffic helps soften impact of pandemic at Sumburgh
Transport / Air traffic staff vote for industrial action
Transport / Petitions committee to invite HIAL to give evidence on remote tower technologyCaithness MSP Gail Ross calls for the project to be scrapped
Transport / Centralising air traffic control in Inverness could cost Shetland dear
Transport / Air traffic controllers to vote on industrial actionThe ballot comes amid frustration over HIAL plans to centralise air traffic control in Inverness
Transport / Air traffic controllers considering industrial action, union saysHIAL has suggested using ‘external facilitator to help resolve matters’
Transport / Air Discount Scheme savings redirected to support HIALClaims to the Scottish Government’s discount scheme are down by over £4 million this year as fewer islanders fly
Letters / How much is it going to cost?
Letters / Technology for technology’s sake
Transport / Remote tower technology has ‘no benefits to Shetland’Union and politicians respond to opinion piece by former HIAL employee published by Shetland News
Viewpoint / HIAL’s air traffic controller recruitment: a view from withinA ‘perceived’ recruitment crisis for air traffic controllers at island airports is being used by airport operator HIAL to further its ATC centralisation plans, writes Peter Henderson who has been working at Kirkwall airport’s control tower for 18 years
Transport / Ex-HIAL employee says case for remote air traffic control has been ‘one-sided story’Scottish Government says it is ‘satisfied that HIAL has taken their decision based on the best available information and an in-depth analysis of the different options’
Council / Air traffic control impact assessment a ‘cursory process’, SIC says
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