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Old 7th October 2003 | 01:05
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BahrainLad
 
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L337 over-reacted to a comment that could have been misinterpreted as just-another-pop-at-the-world's-favourite. I'm not surprised; there are as many BA-baiters on here as there are Ryanair-baiters! Kudos to him for apologising.

However, his sentiments are correct. I have heard from a number in BA that Airbus told them that they would have to stop when Air France did; BA fought tooth and nail to be allowed to fly on to 24 October. They would like to have flown through 2004, but Airbus would not let them. The original pre-Re-life date of 2007 went out the window.

Airbus have killed Concorde, not BA. The whole thing is a mighty stich-up between Air France (who lost the bottle) and Airbus (we can't let the British have exclusivity).

It is worth remembering, that if BA had not taken over the entire Concorde operation in 1984, commercial supersonic flight would have ended then. Not 19 years later. BA should be praised for showing that commercial supersonic flight can be viable.

By all means feel angry. I've only flown her once, and I still feel angry that this marvel will be forever lost from the skies, gathering dust in a museum.

But direct your anger at those who deserve it. And that's not BA.
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