<<The FAA is investigating one BA flight, carrying 351 passengers, that suffered an engine surge immediately after taking off from Los Angeles airport in February. >>
As well they might, considering the destination was LHR.
Altho 'legal' under British civil aviation regulations, it was, as someone mentioned some time ago...absolutely, positively
stupid.
Bypassing suitable enroute diversion airports is NEVER a good idea, when flight safety is considered.
And, strangly enough, that is the exact point.
BA threw flight safety straight out the window, in preference to commercial considerations.
Sadly, BA should know better.
Even more sadly....they don't.
PS:
Let's look at this from a different perspective.
ABC Airlines flies to LHR on a regular basis from southern Africa non-stop, and arrives with an engine shut down (4 engine type)....from time to time, ala BA.
I would expect the CAA would be all over 'em like flies on cr@p for this idea, yet BA seems to get away with it on a (more or less) regular basis.
Double standard city...