Originally Posted by
beardy
So he is non resident and not a British tax payer, but wants the British tax payer to help his 'baby'.
Are you really that ignorant? You sound like one of the hoards of spittle flecked protesters waving their virtual pitchforks demanding something they have no real understanding of. Just to simplify it for you and your ilk, Virgin Atlantic is a British company, employing many thousands of people who all pay income tax and NIC to the treasury, as does the company. The chairman of the board of Virgin Group, Richard Branson, is a figurehead. He does not live in the UK and so isn't liable to pay UK income tax. Even if he did live here, he probably wouldn't be liable for any income tax as he puts all his income these days into charitable causes. That's beside the point anyway. The thousands of employees are hard working and very dedicated to the company and it is the employees who make the company. Their contribution to the government coffers is what counts. Not a bunch of tabloid reading, 'indignant but not understanding why', ill informed vitriolic, probably jealous, bandwagon jumping trolls. Go and find one of the many petitions out there to try and force the collapse of a brilliant airline to work for.This is a Professional Pilots website and you don't sound like one.
As Mark Twain said: “Better to keep your mouth shut and appear a fool, than open it and remove all doubt!”