In the States,the Captain would have his ticket revoked.It amazes me that so many here have expressed support for the decision that this Captain took.
Electing to continue a 5000nm flight following a surge/stall IFSD can not be condoned under any circumstances.BA's denial that commercial considerations played any part is frankly a lie.
The regulation concerned does not support such a decision and anyone who believes that it does is purposely misconstruing the intent of the regulation to suit their commercial requirements.Regulators cant regulate for good common sense or sound judgement;they assume that an airline pilot has plenty of that to begin with.