A “massive plume” of legal action is likely to follow the Eyjafjallajökull eruption, reports the Times (U.K.). Along with plenty of litigation against airlines themselves and other travel companies, stranded employees might file claims against their employers for not doing enough to get them home, and disrupted employers might be sued if they dock pay of employees who considered themselves ready and able to work.
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Well, I wonder how many volunteers they would have had if the airline companies offered to fly their employees home? Of course, they could have sent them home by tramp steamer.