But this is to be totally branded as BA and thus will be operated by mainline crews.
That is a total non-sequitur. It may be operated ex-LGW, as the FDP limitations are more relaxed together with the A&A requirements; but, if it is not achievable at a given required cost base through alleviations to report direct LCY and op to JFK via SNN, then there is no BASSA clause with BA to stop them crewing it with CityFlyer LCY-base crews, that is my point. BASSA can (and probably will) huff and puff, but contracturally can do nothing about it.
On the other hand BA may just use it as a carrot to get BASSA around the table for other concessions - that is the BA way of 2008
