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The government contribution is capped at £2500, the offer negotiated by Unite is not. It’s a real shame the deal doesn’t apply to the pilots too, but I suppose it is a great way to recover the costs of the crazy strike action.
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IAG has been buying back its own stock for a decade known as stock buybacks, annually Euro 500million minimum.
If they want to survive , they must be forced to go to raise capital , they will have to dilute their stock as necessary to survive .
Anything else is not acceptable to the UK taxpayer and Treasury.
Look at the cruise ship companies eg Carnival , they are doing this now ..... why not IAG . They must sell stock or go to the Bond markets.
Why should tax payers have a stake in IAG ??
Airlines in the USA went on an $18 Billion stock buyback spree .... why should they get govt bailouts etc.... they should sell shares , dilute as they have to to survive ... its outrageous.
Airlines need to take their own action before expecting any assistance ....... dilute away if you want to survive !!!
If they want to survive , they must be forced to go to raise capital , they will have to dilute their stock as necessary to survive .
Anything else is not acceptable to the UK taxpayer and Treasury.
Look at the cruise ship companies eg Carnival , they are doing this now ..... why not IAG . They must sell stock or go to the Bond markets.
Why should tax payers have a stake in IAG ??
Airlines in the USA went on an $18 Billion stock buyback spree .... why should they get govt bailouts etc.... they should sell shares , dilute as they have to to survive ... its outrageous.
Airlines need to take their own action before expecting any assistance ....... dilute away if you want to survive !!!
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Can you point me in the direction of the source for your claims that IAG have carried out a minimum €500m per year share buyback every year for the past decade please? I recall only two periods of share buybacks one was for €500m and the other slightly more, perhaps €600m?
I agree that in normal times, companies should stand on their own two feet, however these are not normal times. The governments of the world are injecting so much cash into paying people’s salaries because without doing so, huge numbers of perfectly viable companies would simply collapse. The money is not being spent to prop up failing businesses, or to feed greedy shareholders. It is being spent to fight Cov19 and save millions and millions of lives. Calling a halt to economic activity is incredibly damaging and suggesting businesses should be left to deal with it unaided is staggeringly short-sighted. The world is already going to be a very different place when we come out the other side of this, but I shudder to think what it would be like if businesses and individuals were just left to deal with this by themselves.
I agree that in normal times, companies should stand on their own two feet, however these are not normal times. The governments of the world are injecting so much cash into paying people’s salaries because without doing so, huge numbers of perfectly viable companies would simply collapse. The money is not being spent to prop up failing businesses, or to feed greedy shareholders. It is being spent to fight Cov19 and save millions and millions of lives. Calling a halt to economic activity is incredibly damaging and suggesting businesses should be left to deal with it unaided is staggeringly short-sighted. The world is already going to be a very different place when we come out the other side of this, but I shudder to think what it would be like if businesses and individuals were just left to deal with this by themselves.
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Whats short sighted is the view from airlines that they can get away with penalising their employees incomes and hope for easy handouts from the public purse rather than penalising their shareholders.
If you run a company that only covers a contingency of 1 months operation , that is bad management . So who pays immediately as always , the employees.
IAG need to step up and take responsibility rather than bleating they are endangered. Raise capital , sell their stock holdings and go to the debt markets !!!
Too bad the investors get hurt , they want it all their own way and cant stomach it when they are losing. They must take a hit with diluted stock and high loan rates.
Once they show willing and then its still not enough then perhaps the Govt can furnish loan arrangements , for a tax payers share of course or the govt making money for tax payers on the loans.
Tax payers are sick of paying up for fat cat companies who cant manage their business with appropriate safety nets .
Share Buybacks
2015 500 million euro
2016 22 million shares(worth 1.08% of company worth)
2017 500million euro
2018 500 million euro
2019 700 million euro special dividend for shareholders + 500million euro buyback
While employees yet again pay for greedy management and investors ..... there should be No sympathy for these fat cat companies.
Info from IAG accounts and various share investment magazines
If you run a company that only covers a contingency of 1 months operation , that is bad management . So who pays immediately as always , the employees.
IAG need to step up and take responsibility rather than bleating they are endangered. Raise capital , sell their stock holdings and go to the debt markets !!!
Too bad the investors get hurt , they want it all their own way and cant stomach it when they are losing. They must take a hit with diluted stock and high loan rates.
Once they show willing and then its still not enough then perhaps the Govt can furnish loan arrangements , for a tax payers share of course or the govt making money for tax payers on the loans.
Tax payers are sick of paying up for fat cat companies who cant manage their business with appropriate safety nets .
Share Buybacks
2015 500 million euro
2016 22 million shares(worth 1.08% of company worth)
2017 500million euro
2018 500 million euro
2019 700 million euro special dividend for shareholders + 500million euro buyback
While employees yet again pay for greedy management and investors ..... there should be No sympathy for these fat cat companies.
Info from IAG accounts and various share investment magazines
From what I can see,IAG (or at least BA) are not geting any handout from government. Some of the staff are being furloughed on MORE than the 80% of basic that the government is paying. IE BA are putting their hands in their very deep pockets to enhance the government grants. Those staff are not working. They are not doing anything for BA. BA are not benefitiing in any way except being able to hopefully re-employ those staff at very short notice when things pick up. Would you rather they were all made redundant?
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TURIN the furloughed staff (excluding Pilots) are paid 80% of their basic pay and 80% of their shift pay uncapped by the government. Unite have got a good deal in that there is no £2500/month cap.
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Wisecaptain?
EasyJet said it has a £1.6bn cash balance, an undrawn credit facility of $500m (£402m) and mortgage-free aircraft worth £4bn. Ryanair paraded cash and cash equivalents worth €4bn. IAG said it has €7bn in cash plus €1.9bn of finance facilities. It not clear how quickly those resources would be depleted during an extended period of no flying, but at least the companies seem to have the right approach: they know their own funds are first in line.
https://www.theguardian.com/business...ut-of-airlines
Who says the taxpayers have to step up for IAG?
A row has erupted between Virgin Atlantic and British Airways over calls for a £7.5bn state bailout to protect airlines from collapse as the industry is ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Virgin Atlantic, backed by billionaire businessman Sir Richard Branson and US giant Delta, has asked for emergency loans from Whitehall - but the owner of long-term rival BA has insisted no further aid is needed for carriers. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...e-coronavirus/
IAG have cancelled payment of their final dividend to shareholders, another airline payed out ~£170m.
"Wisecaptain" .........Some light reading for you:
https://www.iairgroup.com/~/media/Fi...nts%202019.pdf
IAG are likely to be the last ones standing
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Or in other words, socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. This isn’t 2008 and I don’t think people are going to accept this sorry state of affairs.
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I agree , IAG are likely to be among the last ones standing and if they have cash will scoop up the slots of those less fortunate airlines.
If they burn through 9 Billion ,then they can sell their stock holdings etc etc
What are their costs per day ,week month ??
As long as they go through that process before asking for govt assistance , thats all Im saying.
If they burn through 9 Billion ,then they can sell their stock holdings etc etc
What are their costs per day ,week month ??
As long as they go through that process before asking for govt assistance , thats all Im saying.
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Yes, but remember that capitalism can't be for the poor by it's very definition, which most people don't understand. Capitalism basically means those with wealth, in other words capital, using that wealth to make more, with minimal effort from them and maximum effort from others. It has nothing to do with the fantasy of working hard to become successful . That is a lie that has hung over from when it was promulgated in the Thatcher/Reagan era.
In a free market you have the right to be a Jeff Bezos, or be the beggar that asks for change at the corner bar. Liberty gives you the right to chose, not everyone chooses hard work.
And those who put up the capital are putting up all the risk. If the company goes tits up, they stand to lose the most. Workers just lose their job, which is better than losing all your money.
That is why these bailouts are most certainly not capitalism and free market driven. It is state owned socialism, and should be labeled as such. If you remove the moral hazard then you are removing a critical component of free markets.
You can succeed if you take risk and devote everything to your goal. But most that take that risk end in failure. Which is why most people opt for careers as workers, like us pilots.
On the contrary, the workers are not just losing their job but also their pension funds.....
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Except the capital is far to be only the money of the "one who takes the risk" as you say. To take your example of Jeff Bezos, he "only" holds 11.2% of Amazon and as his reported wealth is much higher than that, even if Amazon went tits up, he would still have a lot remaining.
On the contrary, the workers are not just losing their job but also their pension funds.....
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On the contrary, the workers are not just losing their job but also their pension funds.....
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A more typical case is the entrepeneur who has used his/her house as collateral to start up a business. If the business fails, the entrepeneur loses their income and their house.
Basing your ideas on the richest man in the world is hardly going to give a typical case.
A more typical case is the entrepeneur who has used his/her house as collateral to start up a business. If the business fails, the entrepeneur loses their income and their house.
A more typical case is the entrepeneur who has used his/her house as collateral to start up a business. If the business fails, the entrepeneur loses their income and their house.
I know I know, this is an extreme example but it does happen. I have the utmost respect for any entrepreneurs who come up with an idea, successfully build their business and employ people on good wages and T & Cs.
Wetherspoons and First Direct are not included.