An announcement will be made in the next few days that BA will stop flying UK provincial services from NCL, ABZ, GLA and EDI and pass on the work to BA Citiexpress/BAR? Is this the start of BA quitting the shorthaul market, with the aim of having BA Longhaul and Citiexpress?
Aircraft such as the A319 and A320 will be transferred to BACE and the aircraft will be crewed using BACE staff from the respective bases. If this is to happen then more crew wll be needed in the likes of NCL,ABZ and GLA/EDI, in addition to training these staff who are at present, only licensed to work on ERJ, ATP, Dash 8 and J41 aircraft!
Good news for staff in the regions but bad luck for the LHR based crew, who I suspect will be redundant. <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <img src="frown.gif" border="0">