Paxboy,
If RB was serious he would make his offer privately after examining the facts rather than on the Richard and Judy show.
I cannot see where I have attacked the person (RB); all I have said is that he is using the issue of Concorde to try and make BA look stupid over what is a proper commercial decision by both BA, AF and Airbus.
It wasn't the sonic boom that killed of Concorde, the aircraft was designed with the knowledge of the effects. What killed of the commercial viability of Concorde was the spiralling development costs and the economics of operating at supersonic speeds. In the early 60's kerosene was almost a by-product of gasoline refining, with the growth in jet aviation the value of the product increased.
BA got the aircraft for nothing; yes they did get a halo effect from operating it (although it was often cheaper to buy a ticket from Rome to New York via London on Concorde than from London to New York) but a commercial success it was never going to be.
We all love to see it go overhead but let's not loose sight of our commercial perspective.
If BA cannot make a profit on its marginal operating costs neither will Virgin, although no doubt RB would love to be photographed with his head out the cockpit window at the next British Open flypast
