Originally Posted by
crewmeal
Flybe were featured on Rip off Britain again ast week by advertising a bag which proved to exceed its own dimensions. The poor guy was charged £40 to put it in the hold.
On a different note would someone explain why the government are thrashing out a deal to defer APD for three years when they wouldn't help Thomas Cook at all?
There are quite a few potential reasons.
The obvious one is that the numbers involved in propping up Flybe are tiny compared to a TC rescue. The final bill is another argument.
Flybe, it can be argued, is a vital part of UK infrastructure for regional communications.
There has been a change of government and the purse strings have been loosened.
Brexit is no longer sapping almost all the government's resources..
A modification to APD is politically more acceptable than a full rescue package.
There are probably more reasons.