Sad to hear
As an ex XL employee I am very sad to see the demise of XL as I have so many very nice former colleagues working there that are now totally shafted. I met some 20 cabin crew this morning all in tears as they now have no clue how to pay for rent and food for the coming months. As they were all seasonal employees there will be no redundancy packages for them at all. As JFP said, almost all passenger will get their money back eventhough their holidays has been inconvenienced and they are out of pocket for money now. I hope they find something to fill in for their holidays.
I have spoken to several of the B737 NG pilots at XL and they have desperately called everyone in Europe for a position and there seems to be nothing on short notice "go to China" is the reply from the agencies, not very nice if you have small children and a family. I sincerely hope that crew and other staff are able to find something very fast.
JFP Nice to see you in the fire again. I'm not at XL anymore. I will PM you.