tonkatoy Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 It seems that people were happy for our Government to spend £billions bailing out Icelandic Banks. They were also happy for our Government to spend £hundreds of millions propping up the Korean motor industry with the car scrappage scheme. But when it comes to helping a British company that employs thousands of British workers and has paid £billions in taxes to the UK economy, that is a step too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 It seems that people were happy for our Government to spend £billions bailing out Icelandic Banks. They were also happy for our Government to spend £hundreds of millions propping up the Korean motor industry with the car scrappage scheme. But when it comes to helping a British company that employs thousands of British workers and has paid £billions in taxes to the UK economy, that is a step too far. Good point, well said:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mughead Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 soooooooooooo tell me something- How are they 15 billion in debt over this? They have taken everyones money (its not like people pay for their flights after they get back) and they havent used any fuel or even moved. They should be in profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 soooooooooooo tell me something- How are they 15 billion in debt over this? They have taken everyones money (its not like people pay for their flights after they get back) and they havent used any fuel or even moved. They should be in profit. People like me have the option to reschedule my flight or refund They still have staff to pay They get charged large fee's for thier aircarft parked up at foreign airports. There will be loads of other costs too that we don't know about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy lady Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Act of God is a specific exclusion you wouldn't want in insurance against "mass grounding of aircraft by a geological event". I would of course take the insurance company to court and have them prove it was an act of God, as opposed to a normal, everyday event (volcano erupting). The term is Force Majeure. It is already being used by suppiers of jet fuel for the cancellation of supplies being shipped to this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaFan Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 True, but stupidity doesn't preclude folk from having a good rant. You're right there, I wouldn't let anything get in the way of a good rant about Michael O'Leary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 22, 2010 Author Share Posted April 22, 2010 As I anticipated the airlines are beginning to put together their demands for a compensation from the government. The cost of the shutdown is being put at more than a $billion by the WSJ and $1.7bn by the Guardian. Bizarrly Lord Adonis (Labour's Transport Minister) seems to be saying that it was handled badly. I thought that Labour's policy was to have a pre-determined investigation before apportioning blame to somebody else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkey Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 If earthquakes are because of promiscuous women http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8631775.stm then surely some group must be reesponsible for this volcano as well, and should bear the costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rioja Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 It seems that people were happy for our Government to spend £billions bailing out Icelandic Banks. They were also happy for our Government to spend £hundreds of millions propping up the Korean motor industry with the car scrappage scheme. But when it comes to helping a British company that employs thousands of British workers and has paid £billions in taxes to the UK economy, that is a step too far. I don't recall the Government bailing out the Icelandic banks, in fact we enacted anti terrorism legislation against Iceland. Hence the Icelander's reluctance to bail out British investors and stupid councils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshuga Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 The airline industry could make up the losses in a month by charging £1 more on every seat. Call it a "volcano levy". If they charged properly for tickets in the first place they wouldn't be on the brink of collapse with every little thing that happened. The majority of the Uk's businesses coped this winter through the countless snowy days on end of reduced productivity due to staff absence, school closures and reduced footfall. If the airlines didn't run to such tight margins in the first place things would be OK. They've only themselves to blame, the 6 P's - Proper preparation prevents p*** poor performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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