(01 Apr 2020, 6:48 pm)mb134 wrote But then, arguably, why should other companies be getting government help? Last I checked high street retailers are private businesses, but are mainly now paying their workforce through government money.
If airlines are getting bailed out, a far more lucrative industry than bus operations, then why shouldn't bus companies expect assistance? After all, right now, bus services are far more essential than flights.
The furlough scheme is the opposite way round it's there to ensure people are getting paid and not having thousands if not millions of people on sick pay at £95 a week or whatever it is or without a job at all. If that happened your guaranteed to have a recession. It's not there for the primary benefit of businesses.
Airlines are getting bought out by the government as a last resort. Branson and go won't want that as he loses it. That's not what the bus companies want. They just want free money and that's the difference.