mrshubigbus
I agree with most of what you wrote but seriously did British Airways really want to be saddled with the Monarch debt plus a bunch of unwanted B737 Max!
It is mess as British Airways have obtained the Monarch slots without having enough available aircraft of their own to operate them not that we didn't know that but it was obvious that they didn't have enough spare capacity to fully utilise these slots without having to lease in alternative aircraft for summer 2018.
What happens for summer 2019, I wonder how many A319/320's will be moving over to LGW from LHR once British Airways start receiving their new A320/321 neos as this may well delay the gradual withdrawal of the A319's from the fleet.