I hadn't seen that, no. The all-time record holder for a commercial aircraft was Concorde - I lived next door to Heathrow and worked there up until 1999 (literally, the southern perimeter was just 10 minutes walk away from home) and never grew tired of the sight and sound of that aircraft.
There is a grain of truth in that sentence. If a jet stream happens to be going your way, you will try to get into it and save time and fuel. Yep, crews do not always avoid them. Its why UK to US aircraft follow a northern path out from UK and a southern path back, its to catch the jet streams, The problems arise, not so much in the stream itself, but when steams cross, causing eddies and strong up and down drafts. Remember this record BA flight?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2C_Tj3db5w
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