Can you really be surprised?
Eddington has got rid of everything Ayling worked for. In the process he's ruined a good regional setup lost many BA staff jobs and lost market share.
He gave Go to Babs (who cashed in at Easy) just as it was turning a profit and now killed Brymon and Bral. Then given Eastern the Aircraft and routes that it wanted.
He's singularly responsible for destroying part of Britains heritage, in grounding Concorde. After all he is the boss and it is with him that the buck stops. Then he gives 2 frames to the yanks after what they did to stop the whole thing from being a success.
BACX was always going to be a dead duck from the day they wanted an all jet fleet. There are some routes that will not support jets but can make money with turboprops.