songsofglory
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The official team flights were also organised by Thomas Cook Sport
Young Boys only a week a bit away...
It would be so Rangers if we couldn't fly and UEFA gave them the three points.
The official team flights were also organised by Thomas Cook Sport
Young Boys only a week a bit away...
It would be so Rangers if we couldn't fly and UEFA gave them the three points.
Aye, and TC were also holding peoples pensions, life savings, dreams and most importantly money owed to Glasgow Rangers.Sorry but a ridiculous comparison. Banks were holding pension funds, charity money , peoples life savings .. systems to pay nhs wages .. do I need to go on ? Saving the banks was in National Interests . Saving a travel company is not. In the last 10 years Tomas Cook Directors awarded themselves millions of pounds in bonuses. Doubtless took part in many a booze up with bankers after each extra £100 million loan was agreed . This was a very very good company ruined by bad management and bad ethics over at least the last 10 years
Bit of a bigger societal impact from a bank going under than a travel company, as horrible as this situation is for TC's staff and their customersAye, and what happened when the banks required £955BILLION?
did the last time when Monarch went bust. staff i feel for who are now out a job and at this moment are still doing their best to get people home and in some of these cases will be loosing their home in the country they are working from.The experts are saying it may take up to 6 months to get the money back.
the RAF 10 squadronGuess who I'm flying home from Crete tomorrow with.
You’re right mate. That’s them all looking for houses in Benidorm now.£600 million operation to repatriate all affected customers.
Just looking from a personal point of view mate, I’ve got friends who have lost there jobs today as well.What’s really gutting is over 9000 people in the UK have woke up to not having a job. Over 20,000 across Europe in total.
That’s before the knock effect hits hoteliers, transport companies, airport staff etc.
Over 500 High Street premises gone as well.
Thomas Cook were a cluster %^*&, have been for over a decade but once again the banks have pushed a company over the edge.
Aye, and TC were also holding peoples pensions, life savings, dreams and most importantly money owed to Glasgow Rangers.
Cheers for that. Just seen the headline 150k stranded on holiday? Not really stranded at all then.
Chill out, I'm not complaining as you can clearly see if you read the post.We're hardly in a position to complain about anyone owing us money given our own sorry state a few years back. Cook suffered the same fate as us. Run into the ground by incompetent imbeciles and hurting good, ordinary folks in the process.
Holiday to Mexico on Saturday fucked, gutted
No panic use a Parks of Hamilton bus to get there. Let them see what us fans endured before cheap flights came on the scene.
Incorrect. CAA have organised over 60 flights today all more or less at same times as passengers have booked. They mirror the tam cooks programme so all who were meant to come back today will come back. Tomorrow is approx 70 flights and again to mirror the tam cook flying programme. This process goes on for 14 days . So if someone went on holiday last wednesday for 7 days there will be a flight for them this wednesday and if they booked 14 days they will still come back next week It has been carefully plannedThe CAA will be scrambling round for empty flights/planes so it may not be a quick fix, some will be stranded for a while.
Wonder if Rangers will release something about the Porto trip
Wonder if Rangers will release something about the Porto trip
couldn't believe the woman on BBC this morning. She was on holiday in Tunisia and due to fly back tomorrow. She said that yesterday the hotel locked all the gates, turned a coach, that had come to take people to the airport, away three times.
She said people were in tears and a group of men were discussing whether to take the security guys on.
What right have the hotel got to kidnap people ffs?
Incorrect. CAA have organised over 60 flights today all more or less at same times as passengers have booked. They mirror the tam cooks programme so all who were meant to come back today will come back. Tomorrow is approx 70 flights and again to mirror the tam cook flying programme. This process goes on for 14 days . So if someone went on holiday last wednesday for 7 days there will be a flight for them this wednesday and if they booked 14 days they will still come back next week It has been carefully planned
Everyone of them will get home150,000 people stranded on Holidays. How many of them are realistically going to be abke to get themselves home?
Good news for Rangers this, we had a terrible deal with Thomas Cook.
Tc is not a british owned company..its 55% owned by germans. Dont see merkal bailing thrm out.. as for banks me thinks its a tad differant if the banks had went tits up it would have had a knock on effect with millions of people with morgages isas loans etc savings... and the gov/ tax payer got there cash back from the banks ..Aye, and what happened when the banks required £955BILLION?
Aye, and what happened when the banks required £955BILLION?
People moaning about loosing there week n benidorm etc while people have literally lost there jobs over night and wont be getting paid...
I doubt we will for this season. A company would only see us for 2 maybe 3 games away this season if we got through. They'd look at Man Utd & expect them to get far.There is a statement on Sky Sports from Man United to say that their Europa League away trips are impacted and that they have been working on alternative providers. I hope the travel club have been doing the same.
The banks are supposed to be responsible lenders.Mate, they owed the banks £1.7 BILLION. Only Thomas Cool are to blame.
They are not all covered by Atol Thomas Cook last year withdrew Atol from flights only so any one just using their flights will be billed by the govt for repatriation to the UK unfortunately.They will all get home. ATOL protected .. the shadow airline set up by the CAA will fly to the same inbound schedules as Thomas Cook.. taking over their slots. People will basically come home on the same day as originally planned .. hence the operation starts today for 14 days and that brings home all people booked on 7 and 14 day holidays. If someone is away and they booked a package they will be fine. All future bookings cancelled .
The banks are supposed to be responsible lenders.
Why on earth did they lend 1.7bn pounds to Thomas Cook? They were never going to pay it back.
The banks have a share of the blame here.
There presumably has to be legislation or regulation that compels a bank to lend responsibly and not give money to a company that is clearly insolvent (and if such legislation does not exist, it absolutely should).They have a share yes but the lions share of blame falls with TC. Nobody forced them to.
If she paid by credit card, they'll refund it if she claimsWas given a trip for the Man Utd v Manchester City derby in March as a gift for my 40th through Thomas Cook Sport. Not happening now. Gutted for my wee mum, she paid a fortune for it to give me a special gift. Hopefully she gets her money back through ABTA.
They are not all covered by Atol Thomas Cook last year withdrew Atol from flights only so any one just using their flights will be billed by the govt for repatriation to the UK unfortunately.
Wonder if Rangers will release something about the Porto trip
Good Afternoon
As soon as Rangers have been updated on this we will let you know. Please keep an eye on the website for further details.
Regards
Same shite, different day. The taxpayer should be revolting.Transport Secretary said this morning he has asked ATOL to repatriate everyone, not just package holiday tourists. So the taxpayer will be picking up the tab I think
Same shite, different day. The taxpayer should be revolting.
We should be asking questions why it’s costing an estimated £600m to repatriate 150,000 tourists (that’s £4K a head)
The taxpayer doesn't pay - ATOL is covered by a charge on every holiday (£2.50 per person per holiday).Same shite, different day. The taxpayer should be revolting.
Multinationals view Britain as a pot of money to be dipped into. It's a farce.We should be asking questions why it’s costing an estimated £600m to repatriate 150,000 tourists (that’s £4K a head)
We'll see. We would have paid out the proposed bail-out, and will likely cover their deposed employee's wages/rent in the time it takes for them to invent a new company with no liabilities.The taxpayer doesn't pay - ATOL is covered by a charge on every holiday (£2.50 per person per holiday).
the RAF 10 squadron
CAA shadow airline is repatriating all passengers on Thomas Cook flights for next two weeks. If you have a " flight only " you will still get on board the new flight at no extra cost.They are not all covered by Atol Thomas Cook last year withdrew Atol from flights only so any one just using their flights will be billed by the govt for repatriation to the UK unfortunately.
It will not cost £600 m to repatriate all the passengers. Some people in the industry believe this was a figure made up by TC themselves in order to shame the government into bailing them out. Figure whilst hard to give is expected to be nearer £100 m . Much of which is held in trust through tour operator £2.50 per head contributions for a fund that is to be used in exactly this circumstanceWe should be asking questions why it’s costing an estimated £600m to repatriate 150,000 tourists (that’s £4K a head)