Yay For Branson!

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-22 09:02am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3010720.stm

We need more people like him running companies, especially when they save decent aircraft.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-06-22 12:38pm

I hope he get them.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-22 12:52pm

That'd rock, though I hope Virgin Airlines is able to use them as a loss-leader.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-22 12:53pm

phongn wrote:That'd rock, though I hope Virgin Airlines is able to use them as a loss-leader.

I'm unsure if he really wants them operating as airliners, he was more interested in staving off the scrap heap future and keeping them airworthy for airshows and so on. Though you never know.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-22 02:19pm

That guy is nuts. He had something going down here on the Bay and he arrived on a jetski or something (needed a personal exemption license to do it, too).

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-06-22 02:50pm

I like his new Voyager class trains, damn luxurious. They're better than airliners, I've rode on the Sir. Ernest Shackleton and the Amelia Earhart so far.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-06-22 06:15pm

Bah, I don't use the train here in the US.