Ground Handling Nationalisation
I believe the time has now come for the Government to seriously give consideration to the nationalisation of all Ground Handling Agents right accross the UK, the provision of services, the shoddy practices, the over stretch of staff and terrible equipment, the absolute stripping of everything to the bare bones has now reached the lowest point from what was already a very low start, it is impossible to say any one Ground handling agent is better or worse than it's competitors, they are as bad as each other, the reason being that they currently have to make a profit out of something that is inherrently a public service, the airlines play one against another to drive the price down, the handling agents have no teeth to prevent this and so whilst profits are made for shareholders, there is virtually no money invested in the essentials for the provision of that public service. The solution is to have 1 handling agent, backed by the government that is a non profit making body, that provides a high standard of service to the airlines, and is regulated by an independant government agency with teeth,
The outcome could be a world class provision of handling, at a reasonable rate, with fewer accidents, far less disruption and an improved experience for the travelling public, to make them want to fly again.
could we have a debate about this?