As the by-product of an engineering race between Britain, France, the USSR and the USA to produce a supersonic airliner, Concorde stood unique in that it was the only one with any glimpse of commercial viability. Operated until the end of 2003, for 27 years it was the favoured Transatlantic transport of the rich and [...more]
Just a day after Lord Adonis’ slapdown of the strikers and Willie Walsh’s condemnation of Labour’s dependence on financial backing from militant union Unite, the Prime Minister has today declared that the proposed strikes by British Airways cabin crew are ‘deplorable’ and ‘unjustified’. In a BBC Radio 4 interview today, Gordon sided with the Transport [...more]
There has been much media coverage of the planned BA strikes by greedy and selfish unions planning to hold the country to ransom again; shamelessly ruining people’s holidays in the process. The reasons for their strike I feel are petty and trivial. They are moaning about staffing numbers because staff on long-haul flights is being [...more]
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