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Gordon Booth · 02-11-2010, 17:00

Remember the Air France Concord crash? If the French had fitted new tyres(as BA did) instead of remoulds the bit of metal probably wouldn't have shredded the tyre. So Air France grounded its Concords but of course the French didn't like BA continuing to fly theirs!
So what did they do? They decided they would refuse to supply BA with any spares.Result-no BA Concords flying.
So come the day we say 'please may we borrow your aircraft carrier' if the French don't like what we want it for- guess what? The Charles de Gaulle will suddenly need urgent repairs.
Are we mad??

02-11-2010, 17:00	#2
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: Closer military ties with France is this right for our armed forces? Remember the Air France Concord crash? If the French had fitted new tyres(as BA did) instead of remoulds the bit of metal probably wouldn't have shredded the tyre. So Air France grounded its Concords but of course the French didn't like BA continuing to fly theirs! So what did they do? They decided they would refuse to supply BA with any spares.Result-no BA Concords flying. So come the day we say 'please may we borrow your aircraft carrier' if the French don't like what we want it for- guess what? The Charles de Gaulle will suddenly need urgent repairs. Are we mad??