I was told only a few months ago by one of our most senior managers that all bases would if necessary be sacrificed for fortress Heathrow.
This to my mind rather sums up BA's attitude to the regions, it's only a shame they don't seem to have realised what many of the travelling public already have in that Heathrow is an absolutely awful airport to travel from and more fitting for a third world nation rather than the world's fourth largest economy.
If anybody in senior management had any foresight they would be heavily investing in the regions instead of continually retreating back to Heathrow.