Now you are all being very down to earth, practical, and tedious. I do not have the same problem with this poor sad aircraft (It always reminds me of the Harrier jump jet). I, Pucci Galore, flew to and from Florence on board one that belonged to Air UK. Fancy a Pucci-tale, OK here you are.

Somehow they managed to serve a full free bar, a hot meal, and then pass around a fresh fruit basket. I was ever so impressed. This was the Florence airport which was only about 3km from the centre and had a runway the size of LCY as memory serves.

On the way home, these enormous women barged aboard wearing their dead animals and demanded locked space for these monstrosities. (Pucci says No to Fur in Fashion - so there!). I was on a dead cheap airline employee ticket and I had to sit in the middle. At the aisle was probably the most gorgeous man I have ever squeezed my leg near (little choice on this flying sardine can). He was drop dead gorgeous and had blue eyes - I am a complete walk over for blue eyes in a man. We chatted (he was highly intelligent) He ordered my drink, he would not eat until I had finished and when it was time to part he paid me such a compliment. He basically told me that were he not gay, I was the quintessence of what he revered (that was the word that he used) in women. He told me about his partner Andrew (The stuff I can remember about all this 15 years on). This I prmoise you, at that point I could not have card if we had flown on a Wellington bomber.

So, you see you can rubbish the 146 or whatever else they call it, it has a special place in my heart. Him Indoors came to meet me and Livio (as he was called) carried my bag to the car. Any misgivings Him Indoors may have harboured were dispelled when he and Andrew met (I shall not go into details). Both of them live outside Rome these days - and we still see each other. Now that has only a little to do with seating on a 146, and nothing whatsoever to do with British Airways - but so what - this is the BA Forum what ever importance did keeping to the point have.