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Susan E. Jackson

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14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good morning, Minister. Mr. Speaker, my question is: What do the suspension of these Certificates of Ai rworthiness mean to the leasing companies who act ually own these planes?
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a supplementary.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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If the leasing companies are unable to retrieve their airplanes, what impact does this have on our Bermuda court system if any claims are filed to either retrieve the pla nes or to retrieve any monies owing to the leasing companies?
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. And this may be digging a little deep, but what would be the impact if it is di scovered that any of leasing companies that mostly are registered as Irish companies, but if it is disco vered that there are any Russian beneficiaries, what would be the impact on our register if those leasing companies are identified to have …
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is: What would be the impact on our aircraft register if it is discovered that the leasing companies have Russian beneficiaries ? If there is any connection that the leasing companies themselves actually have Russian benefici aries , what would be the impact on our register? Hon. W. Lawrence Scott: My understanding is that …
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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This question is relating specifically to the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority [BCAA] . How long can the BCAA sustain itself with the loss of revenue from these Certificates of Unworth iness being activated?
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, I am just thinking here. Yes. It is a supplementary.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister just confirm for us how many of the aircraft are being suspended from their airworthiness ? How many aircraft are we talking about that are registered with the BCAA?
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Of the 900 that we have on the register? Hon. W . Lawrence Scott: That is correct but this number is subject to change drastically given that this situation is very, very and extremely fluid.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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It is a second supplementary.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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When the Minister says it could change, does that mean that it could change to be upward of the 700- odd planes, that there could be more that are consider ed [not air worth y] and taken offline? Hon. W. Lawrenc e Scott: No, the exact opposite. It could drop dramatically once lessors take control of the aircraft.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes, I have a third question.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Should these leasing companies have to take planes off of our register and register them in a new country of which the planes would be leased, what would be put in place to sustain our register from collapsing?
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I do, Mr. Speaker.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Can the Minister explain or give even a brief overview of what the BCAA has in place to actively pursue business development in ot her markets to attract more planes or leasing companies to our register given the fact that so many countries require planes to [be register ed] in their home countries? So what do we have in place …
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Promising. Mr. Speaker, no, I am fine so far. Thank you. No further questions.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Madam Chai rman. Thank you so much for that fulsome brief. It was certainly enlightening to hear all of the developments within your Ministry. I would just like to raise a couple of questions. And I would like to begin with Head 86. And this is a question that falls under line item 96070, grants to the third …
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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Yes. The grants to the third sector is page C -21. Bermuda House of Assembly Hon. Tinee Furbert: Thank you.
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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There is the line item 6912, for the rest homes. Within the listing of rest homes that you gave you included the Packwood Home in that $1.45 million allocation. But I also see that down further there is a line item 7056, Packwood Rest Home, where there is a $300,000 grant. So I am just wondering if the Packwood Hom …
14 Mar 2022 House of Assembly
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I will keep going then. The reason why I am asking is that I have done some research on the charity rest homes in Bermuda of which there are four. And I have found that there have been astronomical expenses that the rest homes have had to endure over the past two years or so due to COVID -19, primarily. …