Fullwings, finally a rational sensible response. However, MAN has not been a main maintenance base for BA for about 3 years...
Thanks for that. Yes, you're right about the 'main maintenance base' - takes away yet more of the supposed 'commercial pressure' doesn't it?
Edited to add:
Another thought just occured to me. The crew had an engine surge and shut it down, continuing on three. Now, if the situation became really desperate in terms of power units left, they could attempt to restart it and get some thrust out of it. They wouldn't want to do this outside of a pressing emergency (as no-one could know what the actual damage was until inspected on the ground) but it still remained as an option. Given that leaving it shut down unless absolutely necessary would probably save BA £millions in repair costs, then that could be termed a commercial decision - but one that could be overturned at a moment's notice.