{Cost and Benefit}[7th May 1972]

[Redbook1:236][19720507:1231]{Cost and Benefit}[7th May 1972]

Sunday 197205071231

            Interesting comment on democracy and/or the art of government, and on our methods of measuring human values:

            ‘Primary target are any routes which fulfil the three primary requirements for the profitable operation of Concorde: they should be largely over sea or uninhabited areas (less than 16 people per square mile* is the definition used, which effectively means only deserts and the Amazonian jungle); they should have a high proportion of first-class passengers on them, and, obviously, they should be long enough to offer a really substantial time-saving over subsonic aircraft.’

            Also, will the introduction of a faster plane, with a shorter (?) range, over long distances bring to prominence out-of-the-way airports chosen as Concorde stopping places – like Shannon and ?Gander were in early transatlantic days?  Could shrewd airport authorities in the right place make their millions from putting their airport forward to fulfil this function?

*[my emphasis]

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