Glad we come to the same conclusions regards training.
Regards your analysis of which business models will suffer in a UK recession. If you have 14 blokes looking for a stag do then the ECONOMICS of going to Amsterdam on a low cost airline seat get BETTER the more price sensitive the stag party organiser becomes. The beer is cheaper, the hotels cheaper and the drugs and hookers are cheaper (shut your eyes kids).
They *could* go out for a pub crawl in their home town and not need an airfare or hotel but most people will want a bit more than that for a stag do. A big night out in London or Edinburgh or Manchester or wherever will end up costing MORE money than the equivalent night out in AMS or PRG even without the flights as beer is £4 a pint and admissions to clubs and meals are so much higher in the UK than abroad.
A lot of the LCC product is aimed squarely at the cost concious. In a recession thats the right product to be selling if its aeroplane seats you are seeking to shift..
You'll also find companies, such as Aibus with their Power8 cost reduction programme, find it very quick and easy to change their staff travel policy. In these demanding times Airbus execs are now required to use a LCC on the route if available whereas up to this summer the policy would see them board Air France or any other flag/full service operator on that route.
Get on an easyJet London to Edinburgh any weekday and you'll see nothing but blokes in suits with laptops..
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