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SERZH SARGSYAN UNAWARE OF DISABLED PILOTS?
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/10/04/akcia-pilot
05:43 pm | Today | Social
Nearly twenty disabled pilots today held a protest in front of the
presidential palace with the demand to receive their compensation.
President of the Disabled Pilots Union NGO, former commander of the
Il 86 plane Gagik Mirzoyan says they have been fighting for the past
five years, but haven't reached their goal and the number of members
continues to decline.
"There used to be 137 disabled pilots, but that number has gone down to
90 in the past five years. We are all 2nd degree disabled. We have met
with different officials, including the Ministers of Social Affairs
and Justice, as well as the Ombudsman. They all have announced that
only Serzh Sargsyan can solve this issue, and that is why we decided
to meet him here," Gagik Mirzoyan told "A1+".
According to him, they are visiting the presidential palace for the
third time already and like previous times, they weren't received
today either.
Gagik Mirzoyan mentioned that the "deputy head of some division" came
out of the presidential palace and mentioned that since the President
still doesn't have a chief of staff, the President couldn't receive
them. However, the pilot mentioned that they were demanding a meeting
with Serzh Sargsyan, not the chief of staff.
The pilots recalled that during the Soviet era, they were paid pensions
for the disabled, but Armavia Airlines, which came to replace the
Armenian Airlines dissolved by Robert Kocharyan, refused to perform the
function prescribed by the law and continue the payments. According to
the pilots, the government should be obliged to pay the compensation,
and the debt has already crossed the 1.5 million dollar limit.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2011/10/04/akcia-pilot
05:43 pm | Today | Social
Nearly twenty disabled pilots today held a protest in front of the
presidential palace with the demand to receive their compensation.
President of the Disabled Pilots Union NGO, former commander of the
Il 86 plane Gagik Mirzoyan says they have been fighting for the past
five years, but haven't reached their goal and the number of members
continues to decline.
"There used to be 137 disabled pilots, but that number has gone down to
90 in the past five years. We are all 2nd degree disabled. We have met
with different officials, including the Ministers of Social Affairs
and Justice, as well as the Ombudsman. They all have announced that
only Serzh Sargsyan can solve this issue, and that is why we decided
to meet him here," Gagik Mirzoyan told "A1+".
According to him, they are visiting the presidential palace for the
third time already and like previous times, they weren't received
today either.
Gagik Mirzoyan mentioned that the "deputy head of some division" came
out of the presidential palace and mentioned that since the President
still doesn't have a chief of staff, the President couldn't receive
them. However, the pilot mentioned that they were demanding a meeting
with Serzh Sargsyan, not the chief of staff.
The pilots recalled that during the Soviet era, they were paid pensions
for the disabled, but Armavia Airlines, which came to replace the
Armenian Airlines dissolved by Robert Kocharyan, refused to perform the
function prescribed by the law and continue the payments. According to
the pilots, the government should be obliged to pay the compensation,
and the debt has already crossed the 1.5 million dollar limit.