I used to see him and his late wife on the NCL service quite frequently. I was amused once that the crew were all butterflies about a boy band singer in the same row, when the authorised biographer of The Beatles was duly ignored. I don't think he was happy about that.

I suspect he is not short of a bob or two, he has a few expensive hobbies. And as a writer paid by the word, I would indeed suggest we read his column "in the round" rather than for precision. I doubt his boycott of BA will last more than a few weeks.