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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaxLegroom" data-source="post: 338535" data-attributes="member: 10447">It's an interesting idea, but if you had a private carrier in Britain competing with BOAC, they'd be taking an even harder look at economics than BOAC did.  Since I'm not sure of the proposed seat/mile costs of the various types proposed in Britain over those years, I'd probably say that the British manufacturers would have been no better off.  One thing that would have improved their fortunes would have been if Pan Am had ever followed through on their intents.  They actually ordered Comet 3s, and showed a fair bit of interest in the VC7, and, as I understand it, the DH121 as it was originally designed.  Had the British airframe manufacturers been more keen on the idea of imports, and more likely to develop with their own funding, they'd have had a better chance.</blockquote>

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