Knowing FA about the FA

More on Virgin Atlantic and its puzzling efforts to suck up to the England football team.

After being kept waiting with other England fans flying home from Johannesburg as the airline prioritised the players' charter flight (see below), my eye's caught by Virgin's woeful effort to ingratiate itself with the team's supporters.

One of the onboard telly channels is currently showing the 1966 World Cup final and the inflight magazine's teaser to potential viewers drones: "All together now: 'Some of the crowd on the pitch. They think it's all over...'."

Oh dear. That's England's most famous footballing quote and Virgin's marketing amateurs can't even get that right. Such perfect partners for the FA.

Virgin on the offensive

Is Virgin Atlantic attempting to make British Airways look like a customer-focused airline? There's a queue of disgruntled England fans forming at Johannesburg airport who chippy Virgin staff are making wait for an hour to check-in for their delayed flight home.
No such problems for the alternative Virgin charter flight back to Heathrow, which just happens to be carrying the England team. Personally, I'd leave that useless shower in Departures.