As an ex Zoomie my thoughts are with all at Globespan.

Lets hope something can come out of the ashes.

Best of luck.

Vince

Does anyone know if the SSH-EDI got airborne tonight befor ethe news broke?

Crap timing

To all ex Silverjet / Zoom / XL Pilots there, aaaaaaghh :\

From BAA arrivals:

21:50 GSM572 SHARM EL SHEIK EXPECTED 2150

Given that its on time, it may be possible that the 'Expected' was added as re-assurance?

Very sorry to hear this.

Bad news for the industry and bad news for Scotland.
I worked for the company in ABZ a couple of years ago where they generally provided a great service over the summer.

My thoughts are with all affected employees at this time.

Hmmm, maybe time for a career change...
Zoom
XL
GSM

Gutted because the 767 ACMI operation was IMHO good, the ACMIs were breaking even & the crews did their utmost to make things work for the client...... Really pee'd off as got to start looking for a new job AGAIN.

Red Wings, the fare is a guaranteed one way fare on presentation of a Globespan booking reference at check in, regardless of how high the web fare goes.

Have some thought for the passengers left high and dry by the collapse instead of venting your frustrations.

Full details have now been posted on both the CAA & Globespan's Websites. Good luck to all

from the flyglobespan web site;

Bruce Cartwright, Graham Frost and Ian Oakley-Smith at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have been appointed as joint administrators to Scottish travel firm, The Globespan Group plc and Alba Ground Handling Ltd (‘the Group’) on 16 December 2009. It is likely that other Group companies including the airline which operated as Flyglobespan will be placed into administration on 17 December 2009.

The companies entered into Administration having suffered liquidity issues.

Unfortunately, the Joint Administrators have been unable to continue trading the companies and therefore all flights operated by The Globespan Group plc or Globespan Airlines Ltd have been cancelled and the aircraft grounded.

When Paddy Power was offering odds of 6 to 4 that Globspan would be the next to go tits up I really should have punted a coupla Grand.

When the Wicked Witch of the North was so loudly proclaiming that the company's finances were sound I actually said: "Methinks the lady doth protest too much".

When him indoors was bragging his fantasies about the "dreamliner" I just knew that he'd lost contact with reality and that it would end in tears for those who were so gullible that they got sucked in.

I actually feel sorry for the suckers.

Really sorry to hear this news. Flew to SFB twice, BCN and STN when they flew out of EDI. Very friendly efficient crew.
Good luck to the GSM staff that post on here, even they were helpful. Hope you all get something better soon.

I know how you feel. I was employed by European Aviation Air Charter when we failed 1 Dec 2008.

You have my deepest sympathy.

i really enjoyed my time with gsm, i'm grateful for the opportunities it gave me. shop floor staff are some of the best i've worked with and very professional throughout, i hope you dont have to wait long before you are all snapped up.

sorry for the customers too

sad days for all involved and the worst time for these things to happen as always.

Faceless & spineless
 

No wages for us this month( or any other). It's terrible that we have to find out that we have lost our jobs through the internet and not face to face from management, not that any of us at Alba have ever met Tom Dalrymple.

Geez !!
So sorry for all involved, there is always talk of the poor pax when this happens but never any mention of the guys and girls permanantly affected. How many people are involved?

Cluster Bomb

You have missed absolutely nothing.

Closes i ever came to meeting TD was when i checked in one of his oldist friends during the summer with his 47kg of excess and set of golf what i was not aloud to charge him for.

alba are allways the last to know anything and we never find out threw globespan

Sympathy to all. Having been there last year I know what a blow it is, especially at this time of year. Best of luck to all.

Slim, you are pathetic. You have not offered any condolences to the employees, and are using this for more promotion of your pikey outfit. The pax don't lose their livelihood, only a ticket. You should be ashamed. :=

In the case of an airline going bust, isnt it the case that insurance cover stops at the same time? Therefor, SSH-EDI tonight is enroute requiring an immediate divert to the nearest airfield relative to the aircrafts position...

Have friends involved, who found out via BBC Scotland - NO official notification from the company...

Very best of luck to all the staff at both Globespan and Alba. You did your best. Hold your heads high.

As for the illustrious leaders (Uncle Tom and little sister), youre just too late for this years panto season... Maybe next year!

What a week for Mr OLeary! First the BA strike and then GSM... Christmas come early?

Guys
To all GSM crew and staff, my thoughts really are with you. As an ex-Zoomie who was there at the very end I know what a sh**ty time it is. But in the words of one of my favourite cabin managers "Be brave sweetheart, be brave". Time is great healer.

Perhaps some of our industry colleagues should realise that they should be grateful they have a job to go to......

Good luck all.

x