Cab drivers had breakfast this week with a new increase in the hiring of GPS of 45 euros per month by the Insular Taxi Federation of Ibiza (FITIE), the second in recent months, which implies a rise of more than 50%.the second in recent months, which implies arise of more than 50%, something that has raised questions in addition to criticism of the shortcomings of the geolocation system. deficiencies of the geolocation system. It is that this new increase is in addition to the one already made last June of 10 euros. “At that time, we said that if they raised it they had to adapt and comply with the charge order, which they still do not comply with. And now we get this sablazo of the FITIE,” said Joan Marí Riera, a member of the board of the Association of Autotaxis of the Balearic Islands. With this, the GPS service fee that FITIE compulsorily charges each cab driver as reflected in the municipal ordinance of Ibiza is now150 euros per month, when at the beginning of the summer season was 95 euros. This has rekindled complaints about irregularities in the system. “What bothers us is that the service has not improved. Because today it is working very badly,” he graphed. In that sense, he has questioned that the FITIE “is putting things that have nothing to do with the GPS: the chiringuito this have mounted at the airport for intrusiveness, all the people they have for the stops through a company, which also do not do what they should do; and a lot of disputes that have put through Mallorca.”
The eternal claim for the loading order
Despite the complaints filed, the system still does not discriminateDespite the large number of complaints filed, the system still does not discriminate between urban and interurban trips because the customer is not asked for his destination. In this way, it is impossible for the system to correctly assign services. “A technician made a report saying that you can’t ask the user where he is going. But everyone who uses Uber says where they are going, because otherwise you have no way of knowing what the service is going to cost you. And our TaxiClick app, when I get a service, it tells me where it is and where I have to go,” he explains. “I don’t believe I can’t ask people where they are going,” complained the board member of the Agrupación de Autotaxis de las Islas Baleares, integrated in CAEB and also in the Federación Empresarial Balear de Transporte.
Intervention of the Ombudsman
In the absence of responses from both the City Council and the Consell, Joan Marí has turned to the Ombudsman for these irregularities in the GPS system.
Finally, the ombudsman Angel Gabilondo Pujol has responded to the request by anticipating that “the appropriate actions are initiated before the Consell Insular de Ibiza for the sole purpose of the lack of express resolution of your request, since your complaint meets the requirements established in the Organic Law 3/1981, of April 6, 1981 of the Ombudsman”. “As soon as the requested information is received, it will be brought to your attention, as well as the appropriate actions,” it adds.
FITIE’s response
Toni Roigpresident of the Ibiza Taxi Federation (FITIE) and of the majority taxi association in of the majority cab association in Santa Eulària, explained to La Voz de Ibiza that “from Novemberexplained to La Voz de Ibiza that “since November we have been proceeding to increase the fee and the collection of the same”. According to him, the measure has been taken “after several executive boards and through an assembly decision”.“It is in order not to work at a loss,” he said, while detailing that “in the budget assumed by the incoming board , a salary regulation in accordance with the agreements and regulations of all the employees of the head office was overlooked. And also derived from the increase in the expense that we have had with the issue of the company that is contracted for the controllers of the stops, is what has generated an increase in the quota”. Roig has also responded that this requirement, “along with the economic study that proves it, was delivered to the City Council for validation and approval. There is confirmation from the City Council and acceptance of what has been presented”.
