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Old 7th May 2003 | 16:00
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BEagle
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
BKB - you have no soul!

Despite the attempts by the bean counters and other miseries to turn aviation into just another biscuit company balance sheet, thankfully there are still some like Sir Richard who are prepared to stand up and remind everyone that the intangibale asset of an icon like Concorde cannot be measured purely on the balance sheet.

I despair of the locked flight deck, 'take your shoes off at security', 'we're cheap as chips - take us as you find us' era that has turned aviation into Just Another Job. Although the real glamour may have gone, to be replaced by the bus company low cost airline approach to life, Concorde must not be killed off in the way ba propose. (Without Concorde, they'll no longer be BA to me; just 'a british airline').

Good luck to Sir Richard; he has a genuine enthusiasm and this is not just some publicity stunt - even though nigel's management (an oxymoron?) might bleat that it is.
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