Monrovia — Senators Prince Moye, Edwin Snowe and Darius Dillon have been blunt with Mr. Darlington Karnley – he will not get their affirmation votes as they’ve additionally suggested him to hunt the withdrawal of his nomination from the President’s workplace.
Karnley was nominated by President Weah to move the Liberia Airport Authority at a time when the nation’s solely worldwide airport has been confronted with a litany of points confronting its easy operations and security of vacationers.
These challenges which vary from electrical energy, and logistics to technical gaps have pressured to the airport to stop 24-hour operation and a few flights needed to revisit their schedules.
He was nominated by the President on Might 4, 2022.
Karnley, in response to Government Mansion, works at Boeing, America’s main plane producer as Avionics Tech Specialist Supervisor, managing all installations, inspections, exams, adjusting, or repairs avionics tools, equivalent to radar, and radio, navigation, and missile management programs in plane or area autos.
The Government Mansion additionally acknowledged that he’s an Aviation Upkeep Technician in Airframe and Powerplant.
Mr. Karnley, in response to the Mansion, involves the portfolio with a wealthy background within the subject of Aviation and is a Grasp’s Diploma Candidate in Aviation Administration from the Aviation Institute of Upkeep in Philadelphia.
Nonetheless, at his affirmation listening to on Monday, Karnley instructed the lawmakers that he doesn’t have a primary diploma, however reasonably a certificates in Aviation Upkeep with an emphasis on Airframe and Powerplant.
He instructed the Senate Committee that the credentials printed on the President’s official web site don’t symbolize his true {qualifications} and expertise.
He disclosed that he doesn’t have a primary diploma, nor a grasp’s diploma as falsely printed by the Government Mansion.
Nonetheless, the Act establishing the Liberia Airport Authority stipulates that the Managing Director will need to have a primary diploma, amongst different {qualifications}.
Nonetheless, giving the explanation why he needs to be confirmed for the submit, Karnley stated: “I went to aviation college within the US, the Aviation Institute for Upkeep (AIM) – a 21-month coaching in Plane engineering. I stayed a further six months to learn to work on the mind of the airplane. It is a skilled certificates of 190 credit score hours. On this subject, we do extra certificates to certify us for sure applications.
“What makes me really feel I’m certified for this job is due to my coaching as an aviator. I perceive what it means for offering air security and safety. We’ve to offer security as required by the worldwide aviation physique.”
Karnley went on to criticize the present safety and security requirements on the Roberts Worldwide Airport. He disclosed that the airport has no functioning ambulance to deal with any unexpected emergency.
“The ambulance on the airport cannot begin, when a flight is coming, they solely put the sunshine on in order that it might seem like it’s working,” he stated.
He additional disclosed that the navigation lights on the RIA are archaic and managed manually, due to this fact, within the occasion that the particular person accountable to show it on decides to go away his submit, flights can be endangered.
He additionally stated the RIA scored 26 of 100 in current security audit and has been requested to enhance to no less than 60.
His critique of the Roberts Worldwide Airport didn’t go down properly with Senator Edwin Snowe who claimed that these disclosures have been unfaithful.
Senator Snowe additional indicated that the place to which he has been nominated has safety implications, due to this fact, for him to make such a disclosure within the public has put the nation and its picture at critical danger and for that matter, he doesn’t should serve in that capability.
In the meantime, the Chairman of the Transport Committee, Senator Daniel Flomo-Naathan of Gbarpolu County concluded the listening to by indicating that the Committee will conduct an investigation primarily based on the contradiction concerning Mr. Karnley’s credentials positioned on the Government Mansion web site and that of what he offered to the Committee earlier than a report is submitted to the complete Plenary of the Senate for subsequent actions.