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Anyone work at Thomas Cook? wondering how staff feel about the Corfu boiler death case





surrey jim

Not in Surrey
Aug 2, 2005
18,085
Bevendean
Don't work there but the fact they got 3x the compensation of family who lost two children is appalling.
 




Igzilla

Well-known member
Sep 27, 2012
1,641
Worthing
For a company promoting family holidays, their behaviour has been utterly reprehensible. I will avoid on principle, and actively encourage others to do the same.
 


Barrel of Fun

Abort, retry, fail
Thomas Cook might well say they were not culpable, but they are selling something and surely they have a duty of care to guarantee their holiday is safe, other than freak accidents.

If they can't do that, then they need to change the way they work. Maybe their compensation will help...

Why did they get money?
 






Gullflyinghigh

Registered User
Apr 23, 2012
4,279
I would imagine the staff feel it's just as terrible as everyone else does, possibly more so through association (even though the vast VAST majority will have no reason to).
 


Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
Thomas Cook might well say they were not culpable, but they are selling something and surely they have a duty of care to guarantee their holiday is safe, other than freak accidents.

If they can't do that, then they need to change the way they work. Maybe their compensation will help...

Why did they get money?

I was listening to a debate on the radio earlier today. The money isn't for compensation but legal fees allocated by the Greek court. The apartment owners were blamed. Thomas Cook said they weren't able to check every single room available. One ex rep recommended that holidaymakers should take their own CO detectors with them.
That's not excusing the attitude that has been shown to the poor parents.
 












drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,007
Burgess Hill
Desperately sad case. That said, the levels of compensation will be different because TC claim they had incurred costs in the case and, I believe, loss of business, which the Greek courts pinned on the hotel manager/owner who got custodial sentences. With regard to the amount the family received, nothing is going to compensate them for their loss but even the British courts put a value on a child's life. In 2014 a settlement of £40k was agreed for the negligent death of a 9 year old. The cold hard facts are that parents don't suffer a financial loss when a child dies.

Remains to be seen if a claim is now pursued by the parents against TC. No financial loss but, speaking as a parent, the emotional suffering will be immeasurable.

For what it is worth, we always take a CO monitor with us when going abroad.
 




clippedgull

Hotdogs, extra onions
Aug 11, 2003
20,789
Near Ducks, Geese, and Seagulls
I believe this is a case where human decency is missing from Thomas Cook as a company (most likely lawyer instigated).

The parents pain is raw and they are looking for someone to blame (quite rightly).
 




Iamapen15

New member
May 17, 2009
1,285
Back of the North Stand
Haven't they donated ALL the compensation to Unicef?
 






wellquickwoody

Many More Voting Years
NSC Patreon
Aug 10, 2007
13,584
Melbourne
Trial by social media, the scourge of the modern age. It used to be said that yesterdays newspapers were todays chip wrappers.

Never mind, it will be a new topic next week.
 






Seasidesage

New member
May 19, 2009
4,467
Brighton, United Kingdom
Absolute PR disaster handled awfully from beginning to end and will doubtless cost them millions in future sales. They cannot however, be held responsible for the condition of the hotel, they are an agent and as an agent they represent thousands of hotels with tens of thousands of rooms. Ensuring safety of the hotel can only be the responsibility of its owners and staff...
 



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