BA dropped the art and brought back the flag. In 2012 the Olym- Design details of some of the British Airways tail designs pics gave them an excuse to get Tracey Emin to pick and mentor artist Pascal Anson to paint nine aircraft in a dove design. The British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association launched their own PR disaster with a poster showing a crew raising a flag (ala Iwo Jima) to advertise the pilot’s union. This symbol was even more sacrosanct than the flag on a national carrier’s aircraft.
The use of the iconic Iwo Jima pose in this poster for a trade union was critisised by some
37