You're right, all this speculation is getting extremely tedious. You've got the Sunday Times writing exclusive articles that did no more than precis the whole history of recent BA...shock, horror, pax numbers fall post Sept 11 (now there's breaking news) and now you've got the BBC with yet more crass reporting and slewed speculation. I haven't got a lot of time for Skippy and his cronies, but he didn't mention any numbers or any types of routes (SH or LH). The BBC's guess work probably has THREADS like this one as its catalyst.
As for the library pictures, Jees; they even used a 737-200 taking off. They're as out of date with their pictures as they are with their reporting.
Nothing is going to happen until the Future Size & Shape bods come up with their stunning conclusions in February, so until then everything is guess work and there's nothing we can do about it until then.
And.....
Recover