Members of the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) board are scheduled to meet today even as ongoing questions over the company's operations, including an alleged $1.4 billion debt and millions in losses and write-offs, hang over their heads. However, the meeting is likely to go on without vice chairman Mohan Jaikaran and CEO Robert Corbie, who were both out of the country yesterday.
Attempts to contact Jaikaran on his cellphone also failed yesterday but a source close to him said he was out of the country undergoing a series of medical tests. Corbie is also on leave in Canada with his wife, who underwent an operation there, CAL head of communications, Clint Williams, confirmed yesterday.
“He (Corbie) was at her side yesterday morning. He was hoping to come back today (yesterday) but his wife is not out of the woods as yet. Her recuperation may take some time and I can’t say when he will return,” Williams told the T&T Guardian.