Bah humbug! 744s make cr@p freighters, thats why FedEx won't touch them. Shame there aren't enough MD11s to go round!
As for this:
But , it is longhaul in BA that makes money.
Might I humbly remind NSF that the only fleet to make money in BA in the 12 months post 9/11 was the ten-strong A319 fleet at BHX, and long haul is still propped up by the pro-rated mileage revenue allocation system.