At a reunion for my wife's primary schoool class, one of her ex class mates (RT) was described as a Concorde pilot. I got to chat with him and he told me that he was currently flying the 747. In my ignorance I suggested that was a bit of a come down. "God no," he said, "its a much better life. I get to many more places and it has modern avionics, much better than the 60's versions in the Concorde."