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When I got to LB, the whole ground crew, mechanics, men with table tennis bats, administrators, front of house, were standing as though it were '64 and the Beatles were arriving .

A bit like when I (together with my boss and my fellow management team members) flew into Helsinki in a chartered business jet, and taxied to the General Avioation terminal only to find out it was jam-packed with journalists. We had out 3 seconds of warm glow, until we noticed the other jet (carrying Placido Domingo) taxying up...