Originally Posted by
ETOPS
Worried for all my friends, both flight and cabin crew, at VS. I realise a lot of youngsters will miss their trips to Disney but people’s livelihoods are being threatened here.
Hope the restrictions can be lifted as soon as possible.
Yes - Unprecedented times in Aviation, the likes of which we have never seen before in our lifetimes.
I too wish all my still serving airline colleagues all the best during these worrying times.
Sadly, we likely will see casualties due to the Covid-19 situation in the coming weeks and months which has now escalated to an almost complete shutdown of worldwide air travel including now to the USA.
Virgin Atlantic - They are still 51% owned by Richard Branson's Virgin Group.
Virgin Atlantic was, and I assume still is 'His Baby' and he has very deep pockets.
He saved the airline twice in the past from going bust.
We could now see much earlier retirements of the Boeing 747 of which BA and Virgin still have large fleets.