Easy to sit back and knock PJB, and he sure ain't perfect, but he deserves a medal for sheer determination and for putting his own money up rather than conning investors. Look at the last 40 or so years of British Airlines, apart perhaps for Brittania none has survived, and most have gone down taking their staffs' pensions and unpaid salaries, private and institutional investment., so PJB is rather better than some (like Sir F) who lost everybody elses money but somehow came out with a nice little pile of cash for themselves.