Retiring Concorde would be a typically stupid British thing to do.
Its the only thing we have left to be proud of.
BA Beancounters do not realise that Conc is good for Morale, good for Corporate and Frequent fliers alike. However, as usual they are trying their best to kill her off, just like BR did with the railways
Death by a thousand cuts.
As I have mentioned before. Look what you get for your 9K pounds now.
1) New seats - absolutely awful. Plastic with a bit of leather. Lean back too fast and they break
2) Cut down cabin service who can hardly get round the PAX
3) All the little gifts taken away, like seat back cards etc
It used to be a pleasure, but now its just a time saving device. After 25 trips on the old girl its not the fun it used to be. I used to find all sorts of creative ways to get the company to pay but I can't be bothered any more.
Don't get me wrong, BA is the best Airline bar none, look at the ridiculous efforts of Virgin et al to produce flat beds in business class, but either offer a service comparable with the price or give it up.