Originally Posted by
ElZilcho
PR has been terrible yes, as the Exco need to say what they mean and not simply infer through management speak. However, are things really so different across the ditch? Or anywhere in the World where Airlines are not legally required to refund? (genuine question as I haven't really being following it).
Not sure how many of you (or the general public) have worked in a call centre before, but you simply cannot throw more staff into one overnight and call it a day. Assuming there's enough floor space, they need desks, chairs, phones which the IT guys need to patch back tho the main switch.. assuming it's not full. They need training... now try do all that during level 4 lockdown (our call centre hasn't been sent offshore yet).
So my question to the PPrune panel of experts, how should it of been handled differently? How does one reduce wait times in a call centre when the Government has locked the country down? How do you roll out new software to deal with credits overnight?
Worlds going to **** yet somehow there's also infinite resources to deal with customer demands.
Well said EZ. I appreciate a lot want refunds (I am also in the boat of holding a credit) but if the company issues refunds to everyone and risks insolvency, it will benefit no one. The negative media isn’t great, but a lot of companies are in this boat.
Much like this affected by Virgin’s voluntary administration, no one is getting refunds there (including some family members of mine). But everyone is more concerned about the airline actually surviving to be able to use the credit!
The media and the public are creating a **** storm, and everyone seems to think that the company is unsinkable.
People agreed to the terms and conditions of the tickets. And now it doesn’t suit them... I think the scape goat that is occurring isn’t entirely fair. And now Fair Go is attacking the company for refunds.