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[hamhamham1] 20/3/2020 19:21

Taxi for Humanity.

[jailbird] 20/3/2020 18:56

Use these daily , by afternoon most have updated Scroll down to see all data and updates https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

[jailbird] 20/3/2020 18:55

This salary retention package is an indirect bailout for Cos They can still pay emokyess while they sit at home

[smithys2019] 20/3/2020 18:44

It’s going to be over pretty quickly, but it’s going to be very nasty. Italy’s figures show a doubling every 4 days (look at the stats). By 27 April and unchecked, 25 million will be infected. This is close to the 60% required for a drop off in infection rates due to herd immunity.

I think it will be much less likely to contract if you isolate in a rural area. Our international metropoli will be very severely impacted imho.

[loganair] 20/3/2020 18:44

If China is opening up, as others say how come Cathay Pacific have reduced their flights even further, reducing them by 96% and have completely grounded all the aircraft of their low cost carrier.

[careful] 20/3/2020 18:36

how can you care about WW or any other well heeled individual?

The whole World, all 7bn, are worried and you talk about WW.

[962962] 20/3/2020 18:30

Correct me if i'm wrong.WW could take an 80% salary reduction and still be better off in 11days time.Don't forget he was retireing at the end of the month.Zero/Zip/Zilch salary

[m1k3y1] 20/3/2020 18:14

962....we do seem to be following the USA I admit.

Toon.....I think o'leary has stuffed Walsh. He really needs to announce a 50% salary haircut. However, maybe the wages announcement by Sunak this evening will mean that BA can postpone the Unpaid leave request ?

[toon1966] 20/3/2020 18:10

Did you really think the Gov would say live on TV that they would bail out IAG/airlines? Gov’s around the world will focus first on the worker because of 2008.

[dround87] 20/3/2020 18:06

Yeah this briefing is for every day matters that matter to real people. A solution for is in the works and we'll probably hear about it first on the news.

[toon1966] 20/3/2020 18:01

But the ‘workers’; are given protection. Maybe WW will accept a further paycut?

[962962] 20/3/2020 17:58

m1k3y1.See my post 1141hrs.The yanks say nothing,we play catch up and say nothing also.

[m1k3y1] 20/3/2020 17:36

still no announcement for airports and airlines ?

[careful] 20/3/2020 17:20

HMG have to be seen to be doing something.

Saw the film recently of how to cope with an H Bomb attack in the 1950's.
'get under the stairs, cover yourself up with bed and drink plenty of water'.

They must have thought the public were stupid, but as now, the children want to believe that Mummy and Daddy will mend everything.

[jailbird] 20/3/2020 17:19

M1kly The oil situation is all political Saudi want control back of oil . They are sick if US shale pumping oil and holding back oil prices Current oil price is hurting all of them . They are need cut supply together . If Russia and US do not play ball , Saudi has the capacity to pump away and keep prices low . This will hurt US big time .Trunp has elections coming up . Oil will recover once this is sorted and it will not be months .

[hamhamham1] 20/3/2020 17:15

Gov to pay 80% of wages v9a grants for job losses

[hamhamham1] 20/3/2020 17:12

UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson tells cafes, pubs and restaurants to close tonight

[careful] 20/3/2020 17:10

This belief the the government can throw money at the problem.
Not a money tree more a money forest.

The government has no money, it has to get it from somewhere.

Some suggestions on this thread seem to suggest that HMG can give everyone a cash boost and cancel all of their financial obligations.

so let us all grow up.
There is little that HMG can do to save the situation if it goes on for a few months.

We are all going to get poorer.

[hamhamham1] 20/3/2020 17:10

All bars, restaurants, etc to shut across UK from tonight.

[smithys2019] 20/3/2020 17:04

BP looks like an astounding long term buy at the moment once we hit the bottom of the dip.

[smithys2019] 20/3/2020 16:56

Toon, I think they will subsequently discover genetic predispositions to
This. Not genetic disorders, genetic traits which leave you more vulnerable. They have already identified the potential for blood group to be one of these.

[m1k3y1] 20/3/2020 16:46

Head For Points
Here is the proposed British Airways operational plan going forward

[dround87] 20/3/2020 16:42

Because when someone in Germany has all the symptoms and calls the health services they test them. Just a guess...

[toon1966] 20/3/2020 16:33

Anyone wondered why Germany has more than 4 times the number of covid-19 cases than we do but we have more than 4 times as many deaths? Of the people that died in the last 24 hours in the UK all had underlying health problems including a 99 year old....you don't say!! Rant over everyone, stay well.

[m1k3y1] 20/3/2020 16:27

ham...I agree. Oil has to drop as demand will be substantivally down with all these aircraft not flying.
USA and Russia will also be impacted.

When you look at the Global impact that this will have, country by country, it is very difficult to imagine that any of them will want the existing measures to remain in place for any length of time.