to save the company. mick lynch from the rmt rail union told the same committee that p&o had made flagrant breaches of the law . here s our business correspondent, theo leggett. arriving to face mps, the boss of p80, a arriving to face mps, the boss of p&o, a week after making 800 workers redundant without notice. peter hebblethwaite didn t get an easy ride. the chair of the joint transport and business committee set the tone from the outset. share transport and business committee set the tone from the outset. the tone from the outset. are you in this mess because the tone from the outset. are you in this mess because you the tone from the outset. are you in this mess because you don t - the tone from the outset. are you in this mess because you don t know. this mess because you don t know what you are doing or are you just a shameless criminal? ihla what you are doing or are you ust a shameless criminal? what you are doing or are you ust a shameless criminal? no answer there
a week after making 800 workers redundant without notice. peter hebblethwaite didn t get an easy ride. the chair of the joint transport and business committee set the tone from the outset. are you in this mess because you don t know what you re doing, or are you just a shameless criminal? no answer there, but the p80 boss did admit breaking the law by not consulting with unions. there is absolutely no doubt we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because we believe. you chose to break the law? we chose not to consult and we are and will compensate everyone in full for that. the ferry crews were sacked so they could be replaced with cheaper agency workers. the average hourly rate of hourly pay is £5.50. that is below the national minimum wage of this country, how do you reconcile that? where we are governed by the national minimum wage, we will absolutely pay national minimum wage. this is international seafaring
doubt we were required to consult with the unions. we chose not to do that because we believe. you chose to break the law? we chose not to consult and we are and will compensate everyone in full for that. the ferry crews were sacked so they could be replaced with cheaper agency workers. the average hourly rate of hourly pay is £5.50. that is below the national minimum wage of this country, how do you reconcile that? where we are governed by the national minimum wage, we will absolutely pay national minimum wage. this is international seafaring model, consistent with models throughout the globe and our competitors. but unions had already told mps what they thought the company was trying to do. that s what p&o are aiming to achieve, to kill our merchant marine and to kill our employment laws, and something has got to be done about it today. the prime minister said he is going to prosecute. this government has
hudson, this is shot from new york city. sully and some of the survivors from that day are now on board. sully as well as his first officer, members of ferry crews and some of the passengers on the plane are all taking part and the media are on a boat next to them so they can get shots of this. that s the skyline over in jersey, i guess. no, not exactly. five years ago almost to this year the us airways jet went down after investigators say a flock of birds disabled both of the engines on that jet. now they re out paying tribute to this guy. we were talking yesterday about the real fact that had sully sullenberger not been able to pull this off right now five years later, we would be mourning the loss of the 155 people who died when that jet crashed into whatevers the, it very well could have been the george washington bridges. everybody probably knows by now that is the most traveled bridges in all of the world and had it hit that bridge, which it