Let’s look at the facts:
- the load factor on the LDY-STN is the highest across the BM route network (I stand to be corrected on that, but would be astonished)
- fares are often high, sometimes very high, even at decent lead-times.
- BMI are happy to leave the aircraft on the tarmac between ~10am and 5.30pm every day, and indeed from 10.50am Saturday until 13.40 Sunday.
One would imagine if they weren’t onto a nice little earner that they would make use of the EMB during the long periods of downtime rather than have it sitting at LDY.