Roger Mexico Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 16 minutes ago, IOM said: Also worth reflecting on the comments from the chief Minister that the IOM have been able to hit the ground running! If that was the case they would have had a contingency plan in place right away for the patient services contract and that clearly is not the case. Loathe though I am to defend Quayle, even if they had a plan in place, that didn't mean that they would have planes in place. No one knew exactly when or if Flybe would collapse. Unless they were going to pay millions to have planes and crew waiting at Ronaldsway till ... whenever, there would always be a lag while things were finalised. They didn't handle communications as well as they might but the time to criticise will be when we assess what they produce as their plan next week. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir nige Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said: No government project has been anything like an airline, so you can't compare. There are a load of A380s floating around at the moment - another testament that biggest isn't always best. boats...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, sir nige said: boats...... not even close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmanxpilot Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, Manxberry said: That's where we disagree. It's not profiteering. The demand is there, and people are paying it. FlyBe regularly charged over £200 one way when the demand was there They were just as bad - profiteering on there being no other options available and people’s absolute need to use their services. Any airline given exclusive rights to serve a route would have to commit to agreed pricing limits in return for the privilege. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Manxberry said: That's where we disagree. It's not profiteering. The demand is there, and people are paying it. FlyBe regularly charged over £200 one way when the demand was there Probably people with hospital appointments - these costs are refunded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir nige Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, snowman said: not even close how many millions have they spent on buying iomsp that is worth next to zero....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxberry Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Probably people with hospital appointments - these costs are refunded. No, patient transfer were charged £155 each way booked on the backend, even when there were cheaper fares available - also a massively unreasonable fee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir nige Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 39 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said: They were just as bad - profiteering on there being no other options available and people’s absolute need to use their services. Any airline given exclusive rights to serve a route would have to commit to agreed pricing limits in return for the privilege. well that worked well for the boats...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient centred Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Easyjet Liverpool delayed 2 hrs and late flight cancelled today. No flights tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, Patient centred said: Easyjet Liverpool delayed 2 hrs and late flight cancelled today. No flights tomorrow. What's cancelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 What I don’t get is now that we own the SPC why part of the contingency planning couldn’t have been giving people free boat tickets to get them to Liverpool for treatment. It could have been a solution deployed in 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 1 hour ago, madmanxpilot said: Any airline given exclusive rights to serve a route would have to commit to agreed pricing limits in return for the privilege. Price fixing in all forms shoud be absolutely resisted as a matter of principle. And companies should not be given exclusive rights to fly certain routes. That way lies cronyism, poor service and restrictive practices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient centred Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, snowman said: What's cancelled? The 8.30pm flight. Apparently if I can’t get the delayed 6.45pm one then there are no flights from Liverpool until next friday Edited March 7, 2020 by Patient centred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patient centred Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 14 minutes ago, thesultanofsheight said: What I don’t get is now that we own the SPC why part of the contingency planning couldn’t have been giving people free boat tickets to get them to Liverpool for treatment. It could have been a solution deployed in 15 minutes. There’s no boat to of from Liverpool in winter. It’s middle of nowhere heysham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, Patient centred said: There’s no boat to of from Liverpool in winter. It’s middle of nowhere heysham When you have your own shipping line you can easily charter a boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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