"AMR is playing a weak hand, " says Brian Harris, airline analyst at Salomon Smith Barney.

FORBES: The ghost of Crandall

During the day there was a hat workshop with designer Brian Harris and a film costume workshop with Whittaker and Malem, who worked on the films Troy and the James Bond blockbuster Die Another Day.

BBC: Zandra Rhodes and Andrew Logan have been friends for years

Warrington captain Adrian Morley has also expressed an interest, while Ian Millward is back to join a list of regulars that already includes Justin Morgan, John Kear, Brian Carney and Iestyn Harris.

BBC: Behind the mic