L337 It's a pity you don't say what it is with which you disagree instead of making insulting comments. You'd have to keep it very simple for people like me who have "the brain of monkey", of course.
Suggesting I know and understand nothing about aviation is over-stating it just a little, but I'm obviously an outsider as my username makes clear. My knowledge, such as it is, comes from working closely with the aviation industry for some years, supplemented by what I read in the aviation press/on Pprune and learn in conversations with the many friends I've made who are insiders.
Coincidentally, my most recent conversation on this subject was about three weeks ago with a good friend who is widely regarded as one of the people who transformed Concorde into a commercial success when the Concorde Division was set up in 1982. By the time he retired, he was the longest-serving Concorde pilot but, along the way, had also been Director of Flight Ops BA, Chief Pilot BA and Commercial Manager Concorde. I heard nothing which caused me to think the opinion I expressed earlier was wrong.
BTW, congratulations on your recent promotion to the left seat. I'm sure you'll be more tolerant of mere mortals with whom you disagree when the novelty wears off.
trium16 I suspect you're slightly on the wrong track in your last paragraph. The transatlantic first and business-class market is vitally important to the major carriers. It's in a slump at the moment but, when it picks up again, BA will want business bums back on BA seats. From BA's point of view, why take the risk (however remote) that another airline might be offering Concorde seats?
Just an outsider's theory which may be completely wrong.
