Re: Vickers Viscount
I have just being going through a box of old papers and came across a gem.
It is a BEA Internal report on the first year of Viscount 701 operations 1953/4 marked " The contents of this document must not be communicated outside the corporation without prior permission from Chief Executive "
It has a wealth of statistical data plus staff and passenger feedback. Among the passenger comments was this:
With the number of passengers this plane takes there should be two toilet rooms a)ladies b)gents. I could not get vacancy till I reached Athens.
I was a General Apprentice in BEA Head Office in the early 70s and I remember grabbing this from a pile of stuff being chucked out. I also have a file marked secret called " Viscount replacement aircraft specification "