......terribly covenient that you should mention technical problems, Albert Driver. One of a couple of examples:-
Returning to the UK once, on BOAC, we "went mechanical" and we in Business Class were told (reasonably politely) that we were having to divert to Belgrade as a precaution. As the last stages of approach were over some sea, this began to seem distinctly odd. Turned out we had landed in Trieste....no explanation, or apology for the misinformation.
As for Tercarley's comment to the effect of "have encountered this attitude before from customers--just jealous". Duh.
What was that word beginning with "A" again?
PS--Despite almost the same hours flown with Cathay/SIA/MAS/Virgin as with BOAC, not one technical malfunction encountered........
PPS--Let's get back to the aeroplane itself now.