Quote Originally Posted by baggieal View Post
See your point 9goals but someone else will mop up the business ie Delta who own 49% of Virgin. All good people get jobs elsewhere especially pilots/captains etc as many of the Thomas Cook staff soon found jobs. I also think tour operators/airlines should pay a bond so if they go bust like Thomas Cook as the repatriation of bringing customers back from overseas should be paid from a bond and not the taxpayers purse. ABTA only cover the cost of holidays in many cases and not bringing customers back from overseas. The Thomas Cook saga was scandalous as the government spent millions bringing customers home but the Board of that company creamed off many millions in salaries/dividends which should have been paid back. Again the rich fill their pockets ( like Branson and this Board ) and the run of the mill workers get shafted!
Hey Al. Hope you're on the mend chap. Have to agree about Thomas Cook. I see BA want a bailout as well despite the holding group sitting on a cash mountain. They should have gone to the wall years ago as they really are cr*p. This virus has highlighted the fact that several industries like airlines and football for too long have run out of date business models that need massive correction. They aren't sustainable in tough times and it didn't take long for them to get found out.