If it takes a pprune thread of convincing someone to apply to a company, I really don’t think said company is for the person. As I said before it is the case people have spent whole careers doing only SH at BA so I can’t see why that is an issue.
I needed nobody to convince me to apply to BA and I am sure it was the same for most. If you take issue with SOPs then I really don’t think you will enjoy BA, the training (especially SH) is very fussy/demanding (bordering unreasonable) and compact from what I have been told. If you are on the fence in the first place regarding the modus operandi this may very well tip you over.
Personally I was bored stiff doing the same routes over and over, with the same mixed bag of characters out of the same small base. Not staying anywhere I flew to killed the excitement. It felt like I was on shackles and a career of it would've been a nightmare. There is a whole world out there to see and the local job just didn’t do it for me.