I have no idea what part E-Clear played in the downfall of Globespan, if any? no doubt some will blame Paddy power or the Icelandic wet lease, sadly it is a national trait north of the border to look elsewhere when it comes to the blame game
Globespan was badly run and had a flawed business model, it failed to address the volumes of complaints that resulted in some of the worst ever postings on Airline quality ratings, to be fair most of these effected the longhaul market.
There are also the reports from crews who were forced to try and evade US work permits by traveling as pax then re checking in as pax and changing on board and many other iffy dodges and of course non compliances with AOC requirement resulting in loss of ETOP's, FD flying out then sitting in the cabin on the way back doing 17+ hour days before a couple of hours drive home in some cases
I am not sure if TD was swept up by the SNP "tiger economy bollocks" that we all know to be just that.
Will it be missed, well yes by the people who depended on it for their income, will it stop people in Scotland having holidays, er no.
One area that does need addressing for the industry as a whole is the repatriation of crews stranded abroad, many cabin crew (BA aside!!) earn a pitance and live almost hand to mouth just to pay their mobile phone bill.
It should be required in law that all UK employed crew should be brought back home and any hotel costs & travel costs paid from ATOL funds, this should only apply to UK reg airlines of course, ATOL should have first call on any funds remaining after wages and before banks
