Originally Posted by
Sleepybhudda
The government may not realise that we're running out of scheduled airlines. They don't survive. The last new one that wasn't a foreign operator with a UK AOC was BA Cityflyer (2007) and that was setup with aid from BA. Before that the last original independent was BlueIslands in the Channel Islands. All the later ones since have failed. That might indicate just how hard it is to make a profit in the airline world. The government should probably not bail out PLCs but they shouldn't put unreasonable tax and compensations rules and then hold their hands back when the Airline cant cope.
The government should be used to some juggling of clashing principles, with its experience in the rail industry.