I may be wrong here, but isn't BA (totally selfishly and an utter shame to the nation) refusing to sell Concorde to Branson?
If the Concorde fleet indeed did go to him, wouldn't that give an opportunity to the Pilots and F/E's to move as well, thus continuing with Virgin, whom I'm sure would welcome them.
Thus by denying Concorde a chance to continue, doesn't that at least deny other opportunities to the crews?
Isn't BA a Public Company, if so don't they have to take shareholders accounts into consideration? If so selling them would also make more profit than just trashing them.
Heck even John Cochrane, deputy chief test pilot for Concorde, backed Branson! (
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/w...re/3078905.stm)
Also, glad to see Rod making financial decisions for Virgin, although maybe doing a bit more at home might be more beneficial for him!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,38...108958,00.html)
Perhaps the real reason is our Rod thinks that if Virgin do make a success of Concorde, that'll make him look like a complete ass? Surely not, nobody could be that selfish!