I agree BA probably would be happy with fleet & seat, but they don’t really care. What they want is to reduce the budget by X%. BALPA will get the numbers down, but with a surplus north of 1100 there’s only so much magic they can do, and in that situation, CR will creep up from the bottom. If you’re a skipper, you’ll probably lose your command; if you’re an FO, you’ll probably lose your job. Any retraining from dead fleets will be borne by cuts to pay etc.
You can see it a mile off. It’s just the numbers that’ll change. I hope I’m wrong, if I am ill buy you an expensive downroute hotel beer Rex.