Judging by what the Air Transport Oracle, Aka TheTrees has said, I would conclude the answer to that be "Affirmative!"
High praise indeed but, much as Macca is a top Villa boy, I thought that I would check, and I think that he may have been thrown a red herring by the handling agent at BHX.
The aircraft actually went to Corsica, which is where it went when he was hiring Gerard Houllier.
so maybe its carlo after all then !!