Goodbye Jumbo Beyond skin

From: Tony Young,

Skipton.

THE end of British Airways Jumbo jets ( The Yorkshire Post, October 9) is the end of an era which will probably take many people by surprise.

I visited Seattle 51 years ago and as the aircraft taxied towards the terminal, there were a number of aircraft visible on the far side of the airfield.

Some looked to me like Boeing 707s but I couldn’t work out what the little aeroplanes were. Then it became clear that the ‘ little’ aircraft were in fact 707s and the larger ones were the jumbo 747s.

The scale of these magificent machines was amazing and it is still mindboggling how these enormous craft can fly effortless into the sky. Years later when I actually travelled on Jumbos, including one flight upstairs with a front seat view, their scale was impressive. Surely they will be missed, but perhaps not their noise and pollution.

From: Paul Willetts, Stockton on Tees.

IN their letter ( The Yorkshire Post, October 10), J Hutchinson praises your correspondent GP Taylor for highlighting an issue that troubles them greatly: “I get very annoyed when I see historical or quintessentially white fictional characters being played by actors from BAME backgrounds.”

To paraphrase J Hutchinson, I get very annoyed when people regard BAME individuals as inadmissible for certain professional opportunities. What matters is the individual’s abilities, not the colour of their skin.