The Business section of this week’s Spectator includes a fascinating interview with Sir Michael Bishop, founder-boss of the airline BMI. The interview is, in two respects, an example of the kind of civility and discretion that many readers, having just heard or read the story of Lord Browne’s sad downfall, may feel has disappeared from modern journalism.
First, our interview was conducted a few days before BMI’s formal annual profit announcement: Sir Michael could not give any hint of the actual profit figure (other than that it would demonstrate positive progress) and Judi could not press him to say more; it would have been a flagrant breach of corporate etiquette on both sides. As it turns out, the profit was almost £30 million, a much bigger leap forward from the 2005 figure of £10 million than most commentators expected.
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