>> I did, and "seat only" passengers (who booked spare capacity on tour airlines because it
>> was cheap) are independent travellers, who shoulder risk and should therefore mitigate it.
The airline I've heard named as a nail in TCX's coffin is Jet2. I don't think their business model revolves around surplus capacity being sold off as seat only, more a question of Jet 2 Holidays filling seats on scheduled flights.
The risk to seat only pax is exactly same as that to IT travellers; the airline's gone t'zup and they're stuck abroad. There's no capacity for them to come home paddling their own canoe - that's why Titan etc are operating repatriation flights as we type. There's a cost to that and I don't think insurers will cover it. It's just daft to expect ordinary holiday makers to pony up at check in or be stuck in Dubrovnik.
It wasn't acceptable politics in 1974 to leave Clarkson's passengers begging in Spanish airport lounges hence they were brought home by the RAF. ATOL, bonding etc was supposed to ensure cost protection was properly organised and cost met by a levy on bookings.
My point is that the world has moved on. Seat only should be paying a levy so that there's a fund to repatriate them to save Duncan from getting upset at it adding a penny to his pint at Wetherspoons.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 23 Sep 19 at 10:08
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