Silverjet saved!

Oh dear, very sad news indeed.:(

Just when I thought there was a glimmer of hope that it might take to the skies again. I do hope all the staff are able to find new employment elsewhere soon…

Surely you must mean 370 pilots and cabin crew? 😉

You are correct of course, measure twice and cut once, not having a good day today with my postings!:o

370 pilots to fly 3 planes!:confused:

Surely you must mean 370 pilots and cabin crew? 😉

Certainly worrying times in the aviation world. I just feel sorry for all the staff who have lost jobs.

D**n. Sad news for all concerned.

It always amazes me when I read about the staffing levels of airlines, 370 pilots to fly 3 planes!:confused:

Unfortunatley
doesnt seem like its going to happen now!

it seems the deal has fallen through
and all the staff working for Silverjet, have been sacked,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7453108.stm

Jon

… especailly seeing as the US doesn’t seem to of been able to make it work with the failure of MaxJet and EOS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest_Airlines

Midwest Airlines has been doing it for over 20 years.

I think the fact that Mr. Hunt wants to blame a few analysts rather than oil prices is a sign that he’s keeping his head in the sand about what’s really troubling Silverjet. He needs to develop a real world view and see that energy costs are killing the airlines. Somehow he thinks Silverjet is immune to the skyrocketing fuel costs? Time for a new CEO…

Excellent news for both Silverjet as a company and its staff (all of which have been kept on!). For them to of stopped all operations suddenly and ground their aircraft to then come back 10 days later obviously shows how passionate Lawrence Hunt and others are that it was a worthy airline and worth saving.

Mr Hunt refused to blame the soaring oil price for the company’s problems, instead pointing the finger at bearish City analysts, who he claimed deterred people from booking.

And at least it’s a British carrier, we should have pride in having an ‘all-business class airline’, especailly seeing as the US doesnt seem to of been able to make it work with the failure of MaxJet and EOS, so lets just hope and pray that Silverjet can be made successful again, and that it doesnt fail for a second time round!

It’s just delaying the inevitable!

I don’t quite know on what basis you can say this Steve, unless you know something that we don’t? What exactly do you mean by ‘the inevitable’ as that could mean anything really?

It’s just delaying the inevitable!

I’m inclined to agree, although I hope we are both wrong!

1L.

It’s just delaying the inevitable!