For some time now I have kept quiet on this forum and diverted my comments thru the AOA medium but I really think you are onto something here.
God knows it is worth a try and I think London would sit up and listen to any plauseable excuse for the airline cancelling 50% of it's 255/4 services these past few months.
It would also perhaps speed up the change in management that has been discussed in London recently ( see FT 2/3/01 ).
AOA should have a go.