The decision in St Peter Port came following a recommendation by the island’s Economic Development Committee to sack Dominic Lazarus after an investigation found he had made a number of errors and breaches of regulations between November 2019 and July 2020.
Mr Lazarus was also accused of failing to manage conflicts of interests between the two islands, including by allowing documents used to develop Guernsey’s aircraft registry to be provided to Jersey when the Island was setting up its own service.
Yesterday, the States of Guernsey voted by 27 to one in favour of sacking him, with nine abstentions. A Government of Jersey spokeswoman said that the developments in Guernsey were being monitored and would soon be discussed formally here.
‘We note today’s decision by the Guernsey States Assembly to remove the director of civil aviation for Guernsey. However, there is no immediate impact on Jersey from the Guernsey decision,’ she said.
‘The director of civil aviation for Jersey remains on a period of absence and during this period the deputy director of civil aviation for Jersey will continue undertaking the functions of the office of the director.
‘We have been kept informed by Guernsey throughout this process and, as stated on Monday, we are considering the implications for Jersey and what action the government may need to take as a result.’
Mr Lazarus, who has worked in the role since 2018, has blamed issues in the service provided on commercial pressures, paperwork not reaching him in time and being under-resourced.
He was suspended in Guernsey between 14 August and 29 September while investigations were carried out into several incidents.
A new director of civil aviation in Guernsey will be appointed in due course.
