Quote Originally Posted by Oracle View Post
I think all here hoping for refunds should answer a bigger question. Do they want airlines or not?

The lefty campaign against such as Virgin Atlantic and easyJet dividend are outrageous

It isn’t just about being able to fly. Or that easyJet and virgin have succeeded with international income in a tough market against unfair competition

They should consider the billions of staff salaries these companies have paid , billions in staff tax and national insurance. The demand it has created at such as airbus and all their suppliers, and all the tax that flows from that

For a month they have had no income but eye watering costs. They are all now more or less insolvent. It wasn’t their doing.

Seemingly lefties just want them To go bust because of an illinformed argument about corporation tax.

The companies need grants not loans.
And as force majeure be allowed to give Much less than 100 percent refund
I don't agree with you on this. If a company isn't able to honour a contract then the other party is able to rescind it and get their money back, it's as simple as that. If there was a force majeure clause in the contract the airlines have made with their passengers, that would apply in this situation, then I'm sure they would be using it.

The airlines are having a rough time, no doubt about it. But there are companies up and down the land who are likewise. Lots of companies will go to the wall, that is guaranteed. It doesn't mean that we should suspend contract law. It is for the Government to decide whether it should bail out the airlines like any other industry, and I expect something will probably happen at some point.

And I don't think anybody would call me a lefty either.