.......blah blah blah, well airvicemarshal you won't go flying in the US then if you don't want to fly in a 30-year-old airframe with 40-year-old technology!
Countless DC9's, 737's, 727's and DC10's there and they're 50 year-old technology!
Like all thing the governing factor is supply and demand. Airbus will support it if there is money in it. Yes the taxpayer funded Concorde and it is extremely arrogant of BA to think they should be the arbiter of what happens to the Concorde. The best return on investment for the taxpayer is they are continued to operate safely in whatever guise makes them the most viable. If BA can't do it let somebody else.