Originally Posted by
southside bobby
Yes ATNotts...your last paragraph is correct as stated before...but you still don`t quite get the scale of it...
Even allowing for hyperbole it is the largest UK airline collapse in UK history...it is the largest peacetime British repatriation ever & the CAA have assembled & in relatively short time one of the largest UK airlines = "Air CAA"....Would you care to be stranded overseas by an American private equity company?..
Pax too have a life you know...& in these numbers as stated before the UK Government really really do have a duty of care...Well done the CAA..
Can't disagree, but this is an insolvency - they happen, in all sectors. If a large electrical retailer had gone bust, just for example, and I had paid £2,000 for a 4K wide screen TV and as a result of the insolvency I wouldn't (immediately) get my money back, would HMG have ensured that I'd get what I ordered with a few hours of when I expected it, even if I didn't have insurance cover (which is what the ATOL essentially is)? I'd be out of pocket, and expected to sort it out myself.
I know that being out of the country is different, but people are implored to take out travel insurance when travelling, and perhaps those who don't should be responsible for their (in)actions. Sure the CAA should be stepping in; that is what ATOL is for, but equally perhaps they ought to be charging the passengers
not covered by ATOL for the cost of their seat. The CAA / HM Government are not a charity.