Flypuppy such bright eyed and bushytailed optimism is great to see in the present environment - I only hope you're right!
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it.
Two weeks after the attacks on the US, the scorecard for British pilot losses looks like this:
BA 380
Virgin 230
Gill 92
Many more are expected from BA, and bmi British Midland together with the charter operators haven't announced their losses yet. Expect the total to be around 1,000 by the end of this month.
Remember I said property prices would be likely to collapse? Confirmation here from today's Telegraph:
Attack 'will hit the housing market'
(Filed: 25/09/2001)
THE terrorist attacks in the US will "undoubtedly" affect Britain's robust housing market, according to a new survey.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says that although this month's quarter-point cut in interest rates will help support the market, the international situation will not help house prices. RICS national housing spokesman Ian Perry said: "The attack on the US and the subsequent international uncertainty will undoubtedly have an effect
on the UK economy, and with it the housing market."
He added: "The stabilisation of the market in the summer and the forecast slowdown are a welcome pause after the rapid rises in the first half of the year. The cut in interest
rates will help support the market, but the international situation will not help, particularly given the signs of a slowing economy."
RICS survey of house prices for the three months to August showed the market remained strong - the number of completed sales reached its second highest level since 1993, rising 7% over the last three months. Demand for property was still ahead of supply, RICS said.
Its survey showed prices rose fastest in East Anglia, followed by the North West and the North, while the pace of rises in London moderated slightly. The Halifax warned earlier this month that the housing market is set to slow down as recession in the manufacturing sector hits consumer confidence.