Strikes me that we have a conflict here between the non BA contributors who perceive BA Concorde pilots as "the best of the best" and a "priviledged few" with all the perks that go with that, and the BA insiders who know that the opposite is actually the case. That fact ,coupled with the personalities involved means that a lot of people are raising eyebrows at junior,relatively inexperienced Concorde pilots "bagging" all the jollies for themselves. A bit like the management extracting the Royal and PM tours. The job of manager in BA means one sits in an office and manges the fleet and pilots . Where does it state though shalt pre extract all the decent trips? Why isnīt BALPA making more of a fuss?