Hand Solo
You talk a lot of sense when it comes to the proposed continued operation of Concorde by Branson. I don't believe for a minute there was ever a chance of it happening and although unlike you I don't dislike the guy - he makes a bit of a change from the normal suited wonders that run big business - I am completely aware that he knows a good opening for publicity when he sees it.
On the subject of Glasgow and Prestwick, however, you are a bit off the mark. AE very nearly DID go to Glasgow before landing at Edinburgh though in the end time constraints prevented it. As for Prestwick, well, why not? The aircraft spent more time there than anywhere else in Scotland.
Don't forget that this is an emotional issue for many people. For them, and me for that matter, flying on Concorde has been something of a dream. It would happen when those savings bonds paid out, when the retiral lump sum gets paid out, when the lottery numbers come up but it would happen sometime. Of course, that chance of doing something really special has now passed us by. You can't blame people for being a bit upset about it, even irrational at times. We'll get over it. Eventually
