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Posted on their Facebook page.
"📢 Exciting News from SXM Airport! ✈️
Princess Juliana International Airport welcomes Michael Cleaver as our new CEO & President! With decades of experience in the aviation industry and a deep connection to St. Maarten, he is set to lead us into a new era of growth, innovation, and excellence.
We also extend our heartfelt gratitude to Brian Mingo for his leadership in rebuilding and transforming PJIA into the world-class airport it is today. 🌟
Join us in welcoming Mr. Cleaver as we continue shaping the future of Caribbean aviation! ✈️🌍 #PJIA #SXMairport #NewEra #AviationLeadership #sxmairport"
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OK JD, your turn. 
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OK JD, your turn. I was thinking the same thing. 
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I know nothing about him, but it can't be much worse than Brian Mingo. It seems as if they are a "local" they get a free pass.
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For the record , Mr. Michael Cleaver is American and has no knowledge of the Dutch Language, hence his back up Colleague would be Dutch person .
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Michael is a great guy, I know him personally as we were living in the same condo, and he has plenty of experience having been at the helm of Winair and having managed it quite well even trough the Covid era.
He will do well
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OK, I hope he does well. The airport needs a good leader.
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Okay , an American 🇺🇸 is chosen and can ‘t speak Dutch 🤔, hence no response from you on this , sa la vie with some people’s mentality when attacking our local people that have studied Dutch from primary school to University 🤔
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Okay , an American 🇺🇸 is chosen and can ‘t speak Dutch 🤔, hence no response from you on this , sa la vie with some people’s mentality when attacking our local people that have studied Dutch from primary school to University 🤔 So what are you trying to say? That someone that doesn't speak Dutch can't get the job done when most everyone on Dutch side speaks English? Please explain.
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Okay , an American 🇺🇸 is chosen and can ‘t speak Dutch 🤔 Michael Cleaver, the New CEO of PJIA, is not American but Canadian 🇨🇦. Since you got your statement wrong within the first 3 words, why should anyone believe the rest of your statement? How do you know that he doesn't speak Dutch? He has lived on St Martin for decades. Since he's Canadian, I'm sure you will now have greater respect for him. May the quote below give you guidance in future posts. “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt” ― Mark Twain
Be Happy! Simply because you deserve to be. 😁
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Okay thanks for the correction of not being American
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Okay , an American 🇺🇸 is chosen and can ‘t speak Dutch 🤔 Michael Cleaver, the New CEO of PJIA, is not American but Canadian 🇨🇦. Since you got your statement wrong within the first 3 words, why should anyone believe the rest of your statement? How do you know that he doesn't speak Dutch? He has lived on St Martin for decades. Since he's Canadian, I'm sure you will now have greater respect for him. May the quote below give you guidance in future posts. “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt” ― Mark Twain 👏👏👏👏👏
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Okay , an American 🇺🇸 is chosen and can ‘t speak Dutch 🤔 Michael Cleaver, the New CEO of PJIA, is not American but Canadian 🇨🇦. Since you got your statement wrong within the first 3 words, why should anyone believe the rest of your statement? How do you know that he doesn't speak Dutch? He has lived on St Martin for decades. Since he's Canadian, I'm sure you will now have greater respect for him. May the quote below give you guidance in future posts. “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt” ― Mark Twain Thank you for the information, I appreciate it. Will Rodgers once said: "You can't legislate intelligence or common sense into people". It is another favorite.
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Okay , an American 🇺🇸 is chosen and can ‘t speak Dutch 🤔, hence no response from you on this , sa la vie with some people’s mentality when attacking our local people that have studied Dutch from primary school to University 🤔 I indicated I knew nothing about him, hence I waited until some facts came out relating to him. It appears you knew little about him as well and perhaps should have educated yourself also. I hope he does well and accomplishes things in a timely manner. The airport, local residents and visitors deserve better than what it has experienced since Irma.
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He appears to have lots of experience. LINKLINKEducated in Canada and worked his way up the ladder starting from a ramp/counter agent.
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Kenny I don't understand you. Do we agree that Mr. Cleaver has done a remakable job at Winair? Does it really matter where he is from once we agree that he has a great knowledge of airport operations at PJIA?
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Okay thanks for the correction of not being American Lesley - and if he was from the USA what would the problem be. He lives in my condo property and is very dedicated to the Airport for years.
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All righty then. Let's set aside the bickering.
It appears the man has lots of experience in the industry and I'm sure all of us here are rooting for him to be a big success in the job.
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Strange that someone who has so much experience in the "industry" cannot be found on Linkedin by adding either "airline", "Winair" or "Airport" to a search.
Apart from that, no successful CEO would want to get mixed up in the corrupt, nepotistic and useless gang that are in charge in SXM.
Maybe time to stop spreading fairy tales.
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I'm confused as to why someone has to be on Linkedin in order to pass muster?
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I'm confused as to why someone has to be on Linkedin in order to pass muster? I had the same thought.
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If I'm not mistaken you can be invited to Linkedin to write your own review and Bio. I was invited for my business but never followed through.
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You don't have to be invited. Almost all executives who care for their careers are on Linkedin.
In addition the successful ones pick and choose their jobs and don't join cronky dysfunctional organizations.
Time will tell us how Mr Cleaver performs.
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You don't have to be invited. Almost all executives who care for their careers are on Linkedin.
In addition the successful ones pick and choose their jobs and don't join cronky dysfunctional organizations.
Time will tell us how Mr Cleaver performs. Correct and being on Linkedin should not be a factor. I had a friend who was on Linkedin once and the profile they had was not accurate. Personally, I would not put much stock in the Linkedin connection.
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My last point on this discussion, is that our Daughter Kenya Ashira Bruce works for Prime Video in Canada and via Instagram he has gotten I million likes , sa la vie 😊👍and she is Dutch and Canadian lol 😂
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So what the he** does that got to do with this topic of discussion? Sa la vie 🙄
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That’s actually c’est la vie Lesley. You should know that.
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Why do you have to be so rude ?
Do you think that you own posts are that superior?
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Why do you have to be so rude ?
Do you think that you own posts are that superior? And that works both ways. This one is done.
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