traveller 5 you need to read my post again......the bit where I say "I think cuts WILL be made". We all know there will be cuts. But life will continue to be a hell of a lot rosier at LHR than LGW because LHR is where the money is being made.
Good point, LHR shorthaul barely breaks even on it's own. But when around 60% of passengers on those short haul flights are transiting to BA longhaul flights where do you think LHR longhaul would be without it?
Also, you have to look at how the fares are distributed. For example, if someone buys a Milan-JFK ticket via LHR the entire ticket value is off set to the longhaul profit centre even though that passenger would have to use a short-haul flight Milan-London-Milan.
What is happening at LGW or with crewcard has no bearing on what will happen with our conditions at LHR. LGW only has two aircraft types so it makes sense for everyone to be on both. At LHR we have 5 types.