Couldn't agree more. The man is a complete wanker. Still pretending he's the enfant terrible of the business community and he's pushing 60. No wonder they didn't give him the National Lottery contract. Trouble is his Virgin Blue protege is a carbon copy. Grant SYD QF PS The CEO of QF is Geoff Dixon. Don't know who this Bridges guy is, Liam ;-) At 08:57 PM 04/12/03, you wrote: >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 ----- > From: BraniffIntl@xxxxxxx > To: Skyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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