RE: BA gets rid of it’s tacky tails!

Unfortunately the nice ethnic tails are going to be replaced by a patriotic and shabby livery: an agly ribbon twice. Flags should be for official use, acts of patriotism, waving them at Eurovision song contest, and other situations. Airlines aren´t national any more since most of them are private and doesn´t represent anyone or any country. For years they have acted with an untolerable monopolism, make regions to feel isolated, searching their own welfare and not taking into consideration people´s needs. BA or IB in mya case are not symbols of national pride and will not represent me. I will be with the one which will be able to satisfy my needs any time I travel, and I don´t feel impresed by having this or that flag on their fuselages. As far as I am concerned I don´t see why BA is more British than Airtours, JMC or Monarch. Let´s keep flags and nationalism away from aviation, a globalized world and many of us would be grateful. As fas as I am concerned and since BA is not the world´s favourite airline any more, I will change my preferences to more balanced and reasonable airlines like BD. The 80 colours were nicer.

RE: Near miss at heathrow

Well by chance I could know that the IB plane involved, was
the DAILY FLIGHT TO MY HOMETOWN SCQ. INCREDIBLE. It was a MD87.

RE: Being customer oriented.

I suppose it´s a question of customers respose to airlines and popularity. In American and European airlines there are no problems of image, safety and so on, so people prefer flying with them, so customer service is a bit reluctant. But other airlines, are not so reputed and have to relay in a fantastic service to balance it. On the other way, service and hospitality is quite in the heart of the middle and far east countries, in europe is glamour and image and americans prefer suitable conections to service. I think that airlines are a perfect mirror of their respective countries. Obviously one can´t generalize and it´s a theory.

RE: Boeing 747 STtretch

Never. The program has been cancelled due to the lack of interest in the model by the airlines.

RE: Aeroplane Crashes

Safety surveys are senseless is terms of proving is an airline is safe or not, having a crash in which the airline couldn´t be responsible at all makes a certain airline goes down in the rank in an unfair way. Are SIA, SR less safe for having a crash?, I don´t think so. Having no crashes doesn´t mean anything at all.

RE: 747-400 versus MD 11 versus A-340

Well both are good planes. Í´ve flown both and depends on the number of seat set in economy. What I want for transatlantic flights is a four engines plane. So no way ETOPS and A330 or B777. If four engines are better than two, why should we use to two although it´s more economic?.

RE: A380

Traveling long haul flights is experiencing innovations. Beds, lounges were considered reduntant when the B747 was put into service (even the upper section was used to put more seats). It seems that all first classes were being replaced by Business-First, but Air France had the fantastic idea of setting almost beds and the situation changed. Now we are seeing constant changes in noble classes, even so rare as Virgin ideas. The A380 will bring new possibilities if they can keep the operation with only 500 quite profitable. Can you imagine operating costs lower then on a B747 an extra space for luxuries?. Of course some companies will cramp seats, but many will offer radical ideas in the plane. Passengers are demanding more space, no more Economy class syndromes and even are willing to pay more for a change.