[jammer]

The safety of our customers is always our first concern

Not to be cynical, but I'm betting the safety of an expensive piece of equipment is the first concern. Negative public relations from a crash are second. The customers are third. Or am I just too curmudgeonly to be allowed to post?

[Milwaukee_Guy]

Thank God it was rolling at only 30 mph. It must be scary as heck to abort a takeoff when you are nearing liftoff.

This ever happen to anyone here?

[boris]

"It indicated a problem in one of the jet's four thrusters, which gives the engine extra power for take-off."

Inaccurate. They apparently refer to afterburners.

AFAIK, the Concorde is the only non-military jet to use afterburners.

--Boris

[VRWC For Truth]

BA has obviously hired some NASA brass.

[RWG]

The passengers are believed to include actress Felicity Kendal, 56, her husband Michael Rudman and comedian Bob Monkhouse with his wife Jackie...who?

[VOA]

Peter Greenburg ("The Travel Detective") commented today that "If you want to fly the
Concorde, book your flight quick. The operational days of the Concorde are probably numbered".

Greenburg does a two hour "travel" show on KABC 790AM (major talk radio station
owned by Disney; www.kabc.com) and he's pretty much a "straight shooter" on travel/tourism
matters. He appears occassionally on NBC's Today Show.

Greenburg also said that one contributing factor to the end of the useful life of the Concorde
is that much of the advance/innovation of civil aviation lives off what happens in
military aviation research.
He said something like "the military is into stealth craft...and that isn't going
to translate into revolutionary products for civil aviation".
(Greenburg was giving proper credit to all the brave/brainy test engineers/pilots of
the military...he was NOT blaming them for the likely end of the Concorde...)

[Newbomb Turk]

Attention Martin Sheen, Shaun Penn, Sheryl Crow, Babawa Strisand, Alex Baldwin your flight is now boarding.