I wonder who told the pilots to take it as far as they could...I mean what position that person held or still holds. Director of operations, Chief pilot, president of company?
After all that has been written you come up with that ridiculous statement. Not only that you demonstrate no understanding of how a commercial airline works. I fly BA's way because that is the BA SOP. And they pay my salary. I cannot make up my own Standard Operating Procedures. It would be unsafe and unprofessional.
I invite you to prove that the LAX-LHR flight was told to continue by the Director of operations, Chief pilot, or President of company. And if u can you can have my salary for a year.
The truth is that they were not. In no way at all. They flew the operation as per BA SOPs.
In Europe you would be called a "Journalist"