So I made it across to FLR today on BA7017 from BRS but landed 2 hours late.
The morning LCY departure left 90 mins late due to a a cabin crew member calling in sick. A further 30 minute delay at BRS was due to an 5 unaccounted for bags being loaded which needed sorting.
I spoke to the cabin crew who were excellent. When I queried when they’d go out of hours they said they had already as they had come in on an early flight from Milan and volunteered for the FLR/BRS legs. This meant the LCY-FLR-BRS-FLR flights could operate but they’d end up working close to 13 hours!
Given this flight has been cancelled a few weeks in row I was happy to make it over...all down to a dedicated crew who volunteered at LCY. This route is certainly not without its challenges!