Thought the news might stir a few emotive comments.
I met the man several times and he even managed to read my name badge once and addressed me by name. I didn't like him, but his passing ends an era of aviation history. A very clever man and very, very inventive accountant. A master stroke to revalue the BA fleet to turn loss into profit overnight.
He will go down in history as an aviation pioneer, but will be best remembered for the Laker episode as well as the "dirty tricks" Can anybody categorically say that BA was the only company ever to carry out such atrocities? They got caught, is all.
