Hi Shortfinal Fred, just in case you have picked up the wrong end of the stick I do not in fact work for either BA or GB - I fly for easyJet (and no, I have never applied for BA). I am however extremely familiar with GB and laugh at the foolishness of BA pilots who see GB as the 'enemy within'. Nothing could be further from the truth - you guys are in a serious fight with the likes of easyJet.
The latest pax figures out this week show that easyJet carried 26.4 million pax (Feb-Feb rolling tally) this last year which is almost certainly more that BA did on their European flights. Instead of worrying about GB you should be working hand in glove with them to fight off easyJet et al. It obviously suits us handsomely to see such bickering - nevertheless I cannot help but see the irony of this misguided attitude towards a great company working hard on your behalf.