Originally Posted by
Globaliser
If it is a machine of beauty, if it is a vehicle that carried one's dreams and prompts one's memories, or if it is an evocation of fond nostalgia - then yes, it is sad.
I agree that few people would shed tears at a scrapped Ford Sierra, but that's not quite the same as the OP's example. For me, there were some heart-breaking photos of G-BNLL's final moments as a recognisable aircraft, but that was because of a particular connection to that chain of events.
I can't see scrapping of a commercial aeroplane is different to a Ford Sierra - buy vehicle , use vehicle, sell or scrap vehicle seems to be a normal process ; in this case it was scrapped by BA - if it had been offered a higher amount by another company that wanted to continue using it, I expect that it would have done