sky9
We all love to see it go overhead but let's not loose sight of our commercial perspective.
On this subject, I don't think that I have. From the outset of this in the numerous threads, I have always said that the chances of a reprieve for the a/c are nil. It only made money under limited conditions.
It appears that the drive behind the grounding is Airbus & AF, not BA. However the end comes about BA will never allow VS to have the machines unless forced by a court of law!
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.
I might be jumping too soon but there has been a string of people saying that RB only wants publicity and not the machines. I challenge that.
As to whether he should be saying what he is publicly? He knows that he cannot get BA to respond in private. If he approaches them in private, he would get no where. He has to goad them in public in order to get any reply from them. He wants to see the offer or be refused the offer - in public. Then he can prove that he tried, thus he needs publicity. Sadly, the bad blood that exists between BA and VS makes any negotiation all but impossible.
BA appear to be highly irritated at Airbus and AF pulling the plug when they spent all the money on the refurbishment programme. The end has come very suddenly and, as with all aspects of her life, Concorde has politics running through every wire and strut.