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bd139:

--- Quote from: Electro Detective on April 29, 2020, 07:51:51 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on April 29, 2020, 07:25:01 am ---It was obvious our disaster capitalists were up to something based on some stock tanking and our eminent exit from the EU so I figured being the rat I am I’d jump off the sinking ship ASAP. Didn’t bet on the rest. That was just luck, from my perspective anyway.

The issue is going to be when the death count flat lines. I’m not sure there is enough data yet to determine causality between that and either (a) the thing has burned out and (b) lockdown actually worked.
That’s a catch-22 that our political elite has managed to talk itself into a corner on with lies and promises.

The shit show hasn’t actually begun yet. Watch the slow unwinding and marketing. Will see what we have lost an about 5 years I reckon.
Keeping on topic I suggest a lot of us will never return to an office and a lot of us will never return to work.
So that’s a whole new problem to deal with which isn’t going to fit into neoliberal ideology.

The take home for me from all this is stay healthy and assume that there is no safety net.


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That's a good 'safety' gig mate  :-+


The lower level pooliticals aka 'in public view cannon fodder', are shafted either way, they let it play out way too long. 

so whether they pull the plug now (YES PLEASE ffs)

or keep rolling with it because their mates in businesses and govs that have invested or stupidly borrowed big, to quickly catch the wave to play the crisis supply game,

will be caught with their pants down with no more crisis supply demand, and looking for poolitical heads to roll

or something like that..


i.e. it's coming and won't be pretty for them, or us

btw do these polyticks clowns even wear masks, scrub their hands, one seat space gaps in limos,
and practice Safe Social Distancing at the Lodge bar?  :-//

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Your last point actually made me laugh. Firstly because that's exactly how our political elite all ended up with this. We had Boris shaking hands with people in hospital and basically being a wally.

Secondly, because I had a run in with the masons a few years ago. They are complete bastards and need to be eliminated from the planet.
coppice:

--- Quote from: tom66 on April 29, 2020, 08:18:14 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 28, 2020, 11:32:46 am ---It won't be <50%. Majority of people travel in family groups/couples etc. So if you have a row of 4 seats and 3 people they might leave the 4th one free etc.
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Something like 80% of air fights are taken by 20% of passengers: business travelers, primarily.  This will be a huge problem for airlines, as you suggest they might offer incentives if you can book seats in a family grouping but I'd still expect 50% of the aircraft to be empty and many fewer flights.

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I wonder how many business travellers travel alone? If they travel as a team, with colleagues, will they be treated like a family unit, who can sit close together? Wouldn't it be strange to see holiday resort routes become the only profitable ones, because they offer better loading rate.


--- Quote from: tom66 on April 29, 2020, 08:18:14 am ---We really don't know how long this situation could last, and I fully expect to see several major, big name airlines go bust over it.

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I wonder what that really means? It seems most American airlines are perpetually in Chapter 11, and treat this as normal. In this state they buy new planes and engage in mergers and acquisitions like they were on solid financial ground. Its a weird setup.
paulca:
It will go the same as it always does.  The risks will be the public's (aka bailouts), but the profits will be private, aka bonuses, dividends and insane salaries.

Unless we take a stand and demand "No more bail outs!"
GlennSprigg:
(Re:  Last few pages)
Flights??!!  Why aren't there NONE at the moment!!! (Except for very special circumstances/emergencies).
Half the World doesn't really take this seriously. Oh... numbers are down, so let's RELAX everything...
Yay... bring on the 2nd wave. The U.S. now has over A MILLION affected! Most states here in Australia
now have 1 or ZERO new cases for 1 or 2 days???  Hmmm... I wonder why! :P
OwO:

--- Quote from: tom66 on April 29, 2020, 08:18:14 am ---Something like 80% of air fights are taken by 20% of passengers: business travelers, primarily.  This will be a huge problem for airlines, as you suggest they might offer incentives if you can book seats in a family grouping but I'd still expect 50% of the aircraft to be empty and many fewer flights.

We really don't know how long this situation could last, and I fully expect to see several major, big name airlines go bust over it.

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Didn't know business travelers were the biggest troublemakers, but I guess the heavy drinking probably has something to do with it  ;)
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