Wrong! The Queen is planning to recind his Knighthood!!! Especially after his recent antics in South Africa - imagine having Nelson Mandela's prison ID tatoo'd (sp?) on his forehead at a major conference - what a @#$%^&* jerk! Then he "challenged" the CEO of QF to be a flight attendant for a trip. Mr. Bridges responded (accordingly IMO) by saying, "I run an airline - not a circus"! It's about time somebody stuck a pin in his balloon, and allowed some ego to escape! Liam. YVR. Fan of Virgin Everything. Ex fan of Branson. NOT Branson, Missouri, I hasten to add.... ----- Original Message -----=20 From: BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx=20 To: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Cc: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:19 PM Subject: [Sky-1] STL Hub? In a message dated 12/3/2003 2:23:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, = B787300@xxxxxxx writes: Who in their right mind is launching hub and spoke airlines these = days? Last time I checked, Sir Richard had a right mind. RT Simpson Phoenix=20