If I understand this correctly, it is only losing its pax role, something which was always going to happen soon. The sound of the vickers 'whisper Jet' will still be heard over the Oxfordshire countryside for a couple more years, something to keep all its fans happy.
Have spent many a happy hour in the aforementioned aircraft, but everybody knows its days are numbered. It is just too expensive to run, and in an era where everything is being cut to the bone, it was inevitably going to be a casualty. I am quite surprised that we haven't gone for the capability holiday and retired the old girl completely, although i dare say there is time for that.
For now, I still love seeing it around the skies, it looks good and sounds good but costs that bit too much.
TC