Do I count as the general public? I don't work for BA, but have flown on them 20+ times in the last year.
Of course. But you are just one of the many millions of the general public, however your post implied that the general public en masse are not convinced, if I have understood your original point.
My point was that the public en masse
are convinced and while you may or may not be, your views are not that of the general population en masse, as flights are full and bookings are up.
I respect the views of the fringe/minority believers to hold unconventional or illogical beliefs such as the flat earth society. It does not mean however that until the last one of them admits they are wrong, that the world is in fact, flat.