Bigears
Some (all?) Concorde flight crews come into the Concorde Lounge to give pax an opportunity to ask questions about the aircraft, the flight etc. It's the pax who are 'sipping champagne' etc - not the crew.
Last Saturday morning, when BA002's crew came into the lounge at JFK, they were 'mobbed' superstar style, flashbulbs popping as when stars arrive at a movie premiere. At least half the passengers wanted their photographs taken with the crew and/or autographs. Good thing the likes of Victoria Beckham weren't flying or there would have been tears before breakfast - nobody would have been interested in her.
Superb
PR which clearly added to the enjoyment of the flight for many passengers. The FO and FE looked rather embarrassed by the 'photocall' but politely obliged the groupies; the Captain was less coy, shall we say.
That said, he fully justified his 'superstar' status with an absolute greaser at LHR. It really was one of those
'Are we down yet?' landings.
Such a terrible shame that BA's contribution to the centenary of flight is to relegate the most wonderful, beautiful and exciting civilian aircraft in the history of aviation to the status of museum exhibit.
Tudor Owen