FlyGlobeSpan Collapse

Anger at airline staff treatment

Workers have been left stranded by Flyglobespan across the world

Union officials have spoken of their anger at the treatment of staff following the collapse of airline Flyglobespan.

The Unite union condemned the "shocking" handling of workers who have been left stranded across the world.

It said it was also "horrendous" staff were being left jobless at Christmas.

The carrier's Edinburgh-based parent company, The Globespan Group, went into administration on Wednesday night with the loss of about 800 jobs.

Katrina McBride, from Dalgety Bay in Fife, told the BBC Scotland news website that she had received a "distraught" phone call from her 30-year-old daughter Melanie McBride, who was working as cabin crew for Flyglobespan based in Delhi.

She said she was absolutely gutted about what had happened and they didn't even know if the hotel they were based in had been paid for Katrina McBride Mother of a cabin crew member

She said: "Melanie has been out in India since October and was due to be there until January but she called last night distraught saying they had been contacted by cabin crew back home to tell them the news but their managers had told them nothing.

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