Remember people might actually want to work for BACX as it suits their life style. I have lots of friends who work at BACX at MAN who love it! Also it's usually permanent.
Flying jobs out of MAN are totally different to what is available out of LGW/LHR . There is not the choice of airlines in MAN that you have down south. BA Mainline do not operate out of MAN and there is only BMI/BABY, BACX, VLM and thats about it. As we know BMI don't recruit that often BABY are crap and VLM is a joke! That only leaves charter - enough said.
Personally I would never commute from MAN/LHR to work for BA as the pay isn't good enough for all that trouble. So as you can see BACX isn't such a bad option after all.
GPS117 - As I said I have lots of friends at BA Citiexpress MAN who love it and it is actually quite a nice flying job. It's probably the best scheduled airline to work for out of MAN and the crew are lovely. I'm sure you'll have a great time and will enjoy it.