As i said up there - why should one get preferential treatment (easy) when the majority shareholder has donated sweet FA and taken a lovely dividend yet we seem heel bent on letting Virgin go, despite $250mil donation, re-morgate of slots etc. What have easy done to deserve £600million loan?
According to press reports, passed the criteria imposed by the Treasury in terms of seeking alternative funding while Virgin haven't. The Treasury won't be giving such sums out without following a process.
All this nonsense about Neckar island, dividends, scoundrels etc is just fluff - shiny beads and mirriors to distract the press. Fit the criteria and you'll be fine - looks like Virgin either don't meet the criteria or don't understand the process, so have decided to go public and make it a political decision.