The Brits were the first to produce and certify Jet commercial Aircraft
The Brits were the first to do Aircraft operations at sea
The Brits were the first to certify and use Auto-Land
The Brits were the first to pioneer world wide weather forecasting
The Brits were the first to do in flight refueling
The prime Meridian goes threw the Royal Naval College at Greenwich.
You can all go on by comparing Boeing to Airbus but nothing comes close to Concorde
I think having Brit Management is a safer bet towards professionalism .