“Paternalistic, dictatorial and centralized.” These are some of the words in a scathing new audit used to describe the Metro Nashville Airport Authority, which oversees Nashville International Airport.
The audit was completed in November by Georgia-based Greeley Pond Technologies, and was obtained by The Tennessean through a public records request.
The audit described the authority as “uncooperative internally and operating one year at a time in reactive mode, that is, more like a government bureaucracy than a proactive business enterprise.”
The audit also cites mounting frustration among the private citizens serving on the airport’s Air Services Coalition, which has been unsuccessful in attracting nonstop flights to London or Tokyo. The audit found that the airport has no formal plan for adding new air services, The Tennessean reports.
In July, the authority’s board of commissioners (which are appointed by the mayor and approved by Metro Council) extended CEO Rob Wigington’s contract by six years, and gave him a $63,000 raise, bringing his salary to $288,000. (continue reading at Nashville Business Journal)