Sympathy, None

[teacake44]

About time the likes of O'Leary was bought back down to earth, (literally) greedy selfish, laughing all the way to the bank, fleecing passengers at every opportunity. Not any more, the boots are on the other feet. :0)

[fiction-factory]

Yes, let's leave it to the more expensive providers and give them more of a monopoly.

[fiction-factory]

Any sympathy for the staff who may lose their jobs?

[teacake44]

Expensive providers, there won't be any, give me blue skies any day. jobs? supporting the holiday industry in the UK, supporting the uk economy full stop, you could start by making PPE.

[Maydup]

The holiday industry in the UK is very reliant on foreign tourists, especially London and the major historic cities.

[iluvmargie]

I certainly agree with supporting the UK.

[teacake44]

We don't need foreign tourists, if we holiday at home, and the less that come in to this country the better if we get the virus under control.

[aelmpvw]

suppose i'm the only one who had to do an intensive google search to find out who we were talking about?

[Prudie]

One may not like him or Ryanair but they have not fleeced passengers in the slightest, they've been the cheapest airline for years and many have taken advantage of flights to Europe at often ridiculously low prices. I don't want to see any airline go bust and I don't want to see 1000s of Europeans in total ruin due to lack of tourism.

[chelle7272]

What a shame there needs to be job losses.
Tourism is a huge part of our economy, not sure what there is to be smug about.

[barry1010]

It's not just the UK holiday industry that relies on foreign tourists. Many come to the UK to buy our luxury branded goods, especially the Chinese. They don't want to buy them online because they are wary of buying fakes (truly). The high end shoe shop I use often has to teach its foreign buyers how to tie the shoe laces, they would certainly struggle without those customers.

[barry1010]

teacake, you are naïve if you think the UK holiday and tourist industry doesn't need foreign visitors.

[teacake44]

11.59 Do we really need luxury goods? essentials and none essentials spring to mind.

[Maydup]

Teacake fruitcake.

[teacake44]

Naïve or not, like it or not, its back to the starting blocks, to me that's a good thing. Some sacrifices may be, but most sacrifices will be none essential anyhow.

[teacake44]

Maydup, such an old gag on here, please come up with one of your own if you really feel the need.

[barry1010]

We do need luxury goods. We need the artisans to keep working their craft or their skills will be lost forever. We don't all want cheap imported tat and throwaway fast fashion. The UK can't compete in the cheap sector but we can excel at high end and that should be embraced.
As for the tourist industry, how many times can one British citizen visit the Tower of London, Scone Palace, Stonehenge and all the other venues that attract the foreign visitor?
I stopped holidaying abroad years ago and keep my £ in the UK as far as possible but recognise that we need the foreign tourist income.

[CrapAtCryptics]

He did say anyone who wants a refund in cash will get one eventually is good now if we can get the head of BA and Virgin etc to say the same.

[teacake44]

Depends what you want and expect from life, luxury items, not sure what you see as luxury items /goods, but normally it involves raping the planet in most cases.

[jno]

the corollary is that Brits won't spending their own money abroad, so they can spend it at home; it works both ways.

[bednobs]

sre we talking about the story that refunds are going to take six months? I think he's wildly underestimated there