davehammer

This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for posting!

I have a 1992 timetable somewhere which is truly pre-internet and shows all sorts of delightful little intricacies that seem completely old hat now. Things like lists of airline offices in major cities etc.

PUCCI GALORE

Wow! Yes I am think that I am in the picture, believe it or not. I'm gobsmacked. Yes, those pictures take me back and I do know some of those in them,

I am just so happy that I did all that in the days when we were given the best to offer and not the rubbish that calls itself First Class now. The same applies to BA and AA. Their F and J were wonderful and now it's cheap mascaraing as gourmet. Yes, we carved the Chateaubriand in front of the passenger and the wines were Chablis or vintage Bordeaux. The cheese came from Paxton and Whitfield (the Stilton was one of the best that I have ever eaten). If you didn't like meat there was Lobster. Vegetarianism in all its manifestations was not really called for a great deal - but we had plenty of Vegetable and could make something to please - though I do not recall having to do that often.The choice was abundant and we never seemed to run out of things. Maybe that's why we went to the wall

We were not paid a fortune but we felt appreciated by company and passengers alike.

PUCCI GALORE

They did do wet lease charters to Air Uk for their STN - CDG route. They flew ATR72s (?).

Qatar Airways

Very First Virgin uniform.


2nd Male VS Uniform black
you are are wealth of infomation and should create your own detailed memories.
For me,would be so interesting and exciting.
do you remember when Virgin started out and how the other blue chip carriers scoffed at this young maiden?

Ancient Observer

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.

T8191

And I doubt they were all virgins

rjhcambs

Took their STN-CDG flights in May 1998 and yes it was AT72 operated. Looking that up I see I took A320 flights from LGW to Malta and Marrakech in 2005/2006 with GB Airways. Were they not also part of British Airways?

PUCCI GALORE

No, they were quite separate, though you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise. They were a Franchise and BA did all their sales and marketing. The crews were not on BAs payroll. I and many thought that they were a classier act and were sorry when GB sold to the Clockwork Orange.

PUCCI GALORE

Scoffed at? They tried to destroy them. I am no Branson fan but he stood up to Lord King and won. More power to him!

JAXBA

...on the Cromwell Road. That's where my parents worked, and met, in the late 70s. They were in Reservations, in the tower above the terminal (now flats above Sainsbury's). I'm a BAby...

JAXBA

VS roll-out was about the same time as my own debut, but I remember the fallout from Dirty Tricks lasted into the 90s, with both airlines paying each other damages [?]. Personally, I take Lord King's side, but I'm biased...

I think the hatchet was kind of blunted, but not buried, since that VS 340 suffered a collapsed landing gear on arrival at LHR, and BA played a part in handling the immediate response and recovery. I remember seeing some kind of comms where VS thanked BA for their help.

Eddington and Branson had some kind of working relationship too, and they appeared together for a Y2K bug preparedness promo.

Now of course, we're back to WW suggesting knees in groin... all the more amusing when you realise WW worked for SRB at VS in between EI/BA...

clansey1973

Gibraltar!

hartwith

Am I reading that correctly, BA used to fly twice daily to Madison, Wisconsin?

710 77345

Says they are flying to ORD, then you connect on AA.

HilFly

So romantic!