Coronavirus

[radcliffe white]

1 minute ago, royal white said:

Just discussing this on FB. Virgin are a Uk registered company paying UK tax so why shouldn’t they be allowed some help? 

Also didn’t easyJet recently get a big bail out? 

[royal white]

1 minute ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Also didn’t easyJet recently get a big bail out? 

I think they did...or was it Flybe? Either way  some have been bailed out 

[mickbrown]

4 minutes ago, royal white said:

Just discussing this on FB. Virgin are a Uk registered company paying UK tax so why shouldn’t they be allowed some help? 

The parent company, Virgin Group Holdings Ltd, is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Richard Branson and his family hold a £2.7 billion stake in this offshore, tax-free, tax haven company.
 

Like I said. Fuck him. 

[Escobarp]

Just now, mickbrown said:

Didn’t he put loads of staff on unpaid leave right at the start of all this?

Fuck him. 
 

And if his island does end up held in hock by the British taxpayers, bagsie last week in August. 

Yep he did same as I think most of not all airlines. The fixed costs are horrific. The only way they will have a job to go back to is to do it. It’s one industry that’s the fastest way to ruin 

Etihad airways run at a loss of hundreds of millions a year I believe. Always have. 
 

branson put the staff on unpaid leave and chucked in 215m I think to keep the ship afloat. Now it’s going to sink if it doesn’t get more

hurricane season August and too humid.  I will take 2 weeks in December or early Jan 

[radcliffe white]

1 minute ago, royal white said:

I think they did...or was it Flybe? Either way  some have been bailed out 

Just looked yeah a loan of 600m to easyJet 

[mickbrown]

Just now, Escobarp said:

Yep he did same as I think most of not all airlines. The fixed costs are horrific. The only way they will have a job to go back to is to do it. It’s one industry that’s the fastest way to ruin 

Etihad airways run at a loss of hundreds of millions a year I believe. Always have. 
 

branson put the staff on unpaid leave and chucked in 215m I think to keep the ship afloat. Now it’s going to sink if it doesn’t get more

hurricane season August and too humid.  I will take 2 weeks in December or early Jan 

Damn you and your superior knowledge of the climate of the Caribbean 

[kent_white]

2 hours ago, boltondiver said:

Is that good or bad news?

Good. 

It goes green, amber, red or black depending on how busy we are. We're usually teetering between red and black.

Just not getting the numbers through the doors like we usually do.

[Escobarp]

1 minute ago, royal white said:

I think they did...or was it Flybe? Either way  some have been bailed out 

Easy jet got  a 600m loan. Just after stelios paid himself 60m dividends. 
 
no faux outrage 

branson chucks in 215m and asks for a loan of 500m and the beds are being wet and facebook is angry. 

I know which one folk should be fake angry about and it isn’t the second one 

and we wonder why the world is in the state it’s in 

[mickbrown]

2 minutes ago, royal white said:

I think they did...or was it Flybe? Either way  some have been bailed out 

Didn’t Virgin own Flybe?

[mickbrown]

2 minutes ago, Escobarp said:

Easy jet got  a 600m loan. Just after stelios paid himself 60m dividends. 
 
no faux outrage 

branson chucks in 215m and asks for a loan of 500m and the beds are being wet and facebook is angry. 

I know which one folk should be fake angry about and it isn’t the second one 

and we wonder why the world is in the state it’s in 

Stelios is a cunt too. As are the Beckhams. 

Edited April 20, 2020 by mickbrown

[Rudy]

More airlines are wankers

[Escobarp]

3 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Didn’t Virgin own Flybe?

Shareholder not owner 

[leigh white]

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

Easy jet got  a 600m loan. Just after stelios paid himself 60m dividends. 
 
no faux outrage 

branson chucks in 215m and asks for a loan of 500m and the beds are being wet and facebook is angry. 

I know which one folk should be fake angry about and it isn’t the second one 

and we wonder why the world is in the state it’s in 

Are you still listening to " Tubular Bells " ?

[Guest]

If I get my money back for my cancelled flight, he can have a loan

[Escobarp]

3 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

Stelios is a cunt too. As are the Beckhams. 

But why not the outpouring of hate towards stelios do you think? And why so many janices and Doreens on Facebook and Twitter sick to the pit of the their stomachs about the virgin situation And Richard Branson? 🌹

[Morizio]

9 minutes ago, kent_white said:

Good. 

It goes green, amber, red or black depending on how busy we are. We're usually teetering between red and black.

Just not getting the numbers through the doors like we usually do.

Is it a standardised colour system across trusts or CCG’s?

[mickbrown]

1 minute ago, Escobarp said:

But why not the outpouring of hate towards stelios do you think? And why so many janices and Doreens on Facebook and Twitter sick to the pit of the their stomachs about the virgin situation And Richard Branson? 🌹

The beard?

Why did Stelios get his loan and not Branson? Is it where/how they are registered?

[Rudy]

Don’t Delta airlines own 50% of virgin? 

[peelyfeet]

 

[royal white]

Just now, mickbrown said:

The beard?

Why did Stelios get his loan and not Branson? Is it where/how they are registered?

Virgin airline are registered in Crawley so if it’s just the airlines we are talking about it shouldn’t make a difference. 
 

 

[royal white]

1 minute ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Don’t Delta airlines own 50% of virgin? 

Yes and the Americans have helped them out 

[Escobarp]

2 minutes ago, mickbrown said:

The beard?

Why did Stelios get his loan and not Branson? Is it where/how they are registered?

No idea you would need to ask the people that declined his approach. 
 

and as far as I’m aware it’s registered in the UK and pays normal rates of tax in the UK. 

[Escobarp]

3 minutes ago, Rudy’s Message said:

Don’t Delta airlines own 50% of virgin? 

49% but more or less aye 

[Guest]

Oil price now < £0, apparently

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

28 minutes ago, stevieb said:

Minus 299% now. 

Apparently because all storage is full up due to production continuing but demand falling off a cliff. 

US Oil prices have turned negative for the first time ever.

I was going to post a sarcastic comment along the lines of "how does that work, are they going to pay us to buy it now?" only to find out that's literally what it means.