Whilst news of British Airways redundancies is a seismic blow to aviation in the capital BA can at least count on the support of one notable member at Westminster, Mr Mike Kane MP.
His twitter feed became wash with indignation and rightfully so given the large number of employees who are about to move from "furlough" to "flung out".
Former employees of Thomas Cook based at Manchester who sadly lost their jobs last year might well be wondering where the protests of indignation from their local MP were when there plight was all over the national press.
Likewise Manchester based Flybe employees who suffered a similar fate when the domestic hub disintegrated are now stacking shelves at Aldi, they too suffered a similar level of deafening silence.
If only the local MP had been a wee bit more vocal in both cases.
Come to think of it who is the local MP for the Manchester Airport constituency ?
"Step forward Mike"
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