Page 126. Part B. Read the newspaper and find the answer.

1. What were the two reasons why Virgin Atlantic was considering redundancies?
Virgin Atlantic was considering redundancies because of the reccesion and beacuse they failure to acquire more fligth slots out of Heathrow airport.

2.What were the two things Richard Branson invited his staff to do?
He invited to take up to six months unpaid and leave and to participate in a job sharing scheme.

3. How many people volunteered to take unpaid leave?
450 volunteered people.

4. How did the long break affect the staff's attitude to their work?
They definitely seemed to enjoy work more.

5. Why is the scheme attractive to new recruits?
Beacuse working only for nine months still makes you a lot better off financially than you where before and social benefit to be achieved.

6. Is the scheme going to become permanent?
It's going to be permanent but not on the busy months of summer.