Listening to the argument put forward by BA for the withdrawl of Concorde from service it appears to be very much a case of "blame Airbus".
Were BAE systems approached about keeping Concorde flying directly without the input of Airbus? I mean I'm sure that BAE would be open to negotiation given that we have virtually ceased manufacturing our own aircraft in this country. John Hutchinson actually made this point as part of the BBCs coverage but other than that I have heard no other suggestions about over coming this probelm.