Bellerophon, no, what I meant was, if the alleged management really did express such a lack of confidence in their well-trained line pilots, then why should anyone else trust them either?
In other words, to assert that the regular Concorde pilots might not be suitably trustworthy to be permitted to fly the aircraft on its final flights is scandalous. Either they're as excellent as everyone believes, or they're not. If the former, then it should be 'names in the hat' for the twilight Concorde flights; if the latter then don't ever expect people to fly BA in the future.
So 'management', wake up and smell the coffee. Your alleged denigration of your regular guys and girls is unworthy and will do nothing to further your airline's reputation.
But I'm sorry - until King and Marshall and the rest from the 'Dirty Tricks' era have been $hitcanned once and for all, then I will never, ever fly BA. Particularly since Rod has now murdered Concorde, the only thing which made BA in any way special.
And as for Wratten and Day.......see the Chinook thread!