First BA will dump Gate Gourmet and then support a viable replacement...but certainly not take them over.
Then when things are settled down, they will deal with the employees who seem to have loyalty only to themselves and the T&G. My belief is that within a year the whole LHR "bag loaders and drivers" will be sold off. Whatever the redundancy costs are, it has to be cheaper than this annual "display".
Thank heavens I am booked Virgin Upper Class next week!