re above posts.
Valid points all round. Probably my last experience of what it was like in the Golden Age of flying was having the chance to fly on a BA Corcorde from LHR-NYC. All First Class of course and the cabin crew worked hard delivering several courses all by hand - no carts. Was even invited to the flight deck and the FEO was working hard to transfer fuel to maintain optimum CofG.. The Captain and F/O were very informative. Mach 2 at 60,000ft with only 40 pax onboard. Was certainly strange seeing the sky dark blue during the day, curvature of the earth and Venus below the horizon. Arrived in NYC just on dusk in time for dinner after only 3hrs and 15 mins. Pitty they are not still operating and BA were actually making a profit after they raised the fares.