Mr. Neil McGowan:

I thank the Senator for the question. Regarding the message that we want to deliver for what the industry needs to get through this crisis, the first thing that is needed is liquidity supports to the employers, including the airports, airlines and another category of employers who employ thousands of people in the aviation industry in this country and unfortunately sometimes gets forgotten, namely, the third-party handlers, catering companies, cleaning companies and so on. One of the aviation task force report recommendations is that liquidity supports be given to employers who had a strong balance sheet coming into the crisis and that needs to happen. Second and most important from our point of view is that the EWSS is altered and improved to provide additional income to people in the aviation industry.

They are the two key messages. The question of testing has been well dealt with but from our point of view the issue is liquidity for employers so that they are still there and we still have airlines, airports and third-party handlers, and wage support schemes that mean that aviation workers who have suffered through this crisis through no fault of their own have an income to meet their financial obligations in the short to medium term.