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Old 5th Sep 2019, 01:18
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a good commercial...

Don't really care to get into the politics of the brand, but this is a good piece of video. In my often narrow view, aviation is the brand that got me where I went. Enjoy.
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Beautiful beautiful
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Yes, I remember thinking what a nice bit of photography/CGI it was when it was first aired three years ago.

Note that BA has wisely disabled comments for the video ...
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Old 5th Sep 2019, 06:55
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Brilliant, evocative video. Thanks!

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Interesting to see they featured the wonderful 747 rather than the ugly kid on the block A380!
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Superb.

"Sight and follow the BA 747"

"Err Err!"
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Old 5th Sep 2019, 15:25
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Amazingly beautiful video. Reminder how special air travel is and even though we take it for granted today I still see the magic in connecting people around the globe. Might help pilot contractions negotiations at BA too!

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Are those "pilot contractions negotiations" just for the lady pilots?
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I have often wondered about that silver haired professional up front....does he remember the kid who only wanted to do one thing.....................FLY!
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A real pilots advertisement. We would fly them tomorrow with that ad. I think I got a semi when the VC10 came on, which shows my BA history.

It is a rare revalidation of the position of the pilot in the mind of the flying public. In an airline with which I am familiar they took pilots out of advertisements in 1993, to trivialise the profession for financial gain, reducing conditions and services. Perhaps the current pilot industrial unrest in BA will be ameliorated by seeing that their corporates are using them as a positive in their public relations positioning.

I have several family and friends who ask me before a flight, "How are the pilots on this airline? Are they well trained?" It looks like BA marketing have caught this meme.

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Originally Posted by vctenderness
Interesting to see they featured the wonderful 747 rather than the ugly kid on the block A380!
probably because it’s 3 years old and predates the 380 entry.
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Odd fact: everyone appearing in that advert is called Nigel.
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Old 5th Sep 2019, 20:27
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I have often wondered about that silver haired professional up front....does he remember the kid who only wanted to do one thing.....................FLY!
Yep! I caught the aviation virus at the age of five and, with no known anti-viral, still have it. Medical and financial reasons preclude flying these days, but I'm lucky enough to spend time surrounded by aeroplanes, while doing my best to infect the younger generation with the virus.
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Originally Posted by anxiao
A real pilots advertisement. We would fly them tomorrow with that ad. I think I got a semi when the VC10 came on, which shows my BA history..
The VC10 was something else and unlike anything else (although I think the CRJ came sort of close as a small variant). Once had breakfast at Hanover with Flaps Rendall.

I've not seen this video before so my thanks to the original poster. Perhaps not so grateful for the reminder of my advance towards time expiry - with the exception of the tandem-seater biplane, I have logged time in all those piston-engined machines.

Sic transit and all that . . . .
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Old 5th Sep 2019, 21:04
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probably because it’s 3 years old and predates the 380 entry.
The A380 entered service with BA more than 6 years ago.

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A nice ad the that quickly summarizes the history of the company!
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To fly, to serve. That's pretty nauseating when an airline strikes and wrecks plans made months before to connect with loved ones for events that are then lost for ever. if you don't like the management, (who I agree are clueless of their main assets) understand that the word "professional" means using your imagination to find a way not to crap on the innocents who pay the wages, but could decide that once bitten, twice shy.
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So to hell with the right to strike, huh?
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Old 5th Sep 2019, 23:25
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Did BA not have any women pilots three years ago?
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Old 6th Sep 2019, 00:14
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Walking past Pan Am's first office in Key West is very thought provoking. Such a small wooden building.


Living the dream. I got my pal's permission to post this a while back. It shows the dream in a young pilot's eyes.
(it was in the front seat of this that he managed to scare the bejeebers out of me. When we landed I was hooked.)

https://www.pprune.org/where-they-no...l#post10522308
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