BOSD, some of what you say is true... there have been some amazing c0ckups with regard to inefficient crewing, which us pilots continually highlighted to our intellectually superior BA managers, but we 'didn't have the bigger picture'!
The rapid decline in BRAL and Brymon fortunes was pretty damn obvious within weeks of the merger.. NONE of the proven regional management teams from either side were given a LEADING role. NOOOOO!!!!!! Instead we had idiotic cretins from mainline parachuted in to have a play with the new trainset.... make up the rules as you go Tim, your mate Alastair will switch the points if you look like ruining that shiny productive line! Oh and the fat controller Dave will back you all the way!
The writing was on the wall from day one... BUT when they said "hey let's see what you can do with this clapped out old steam-train BAR"....
I hope T5 is your biggest downfall WW and that you get strung up by your minuscule cajones for you have shown yourself to be a gutless lying 2-faced tw@t. 2 years to turn it around... how long did you give us... and did we even have a chance with BA mismanagement involved? He even openly admitted to BALPA that we didn't have a chance of making profit without investment... we had inherited the wrong fleet for the job they wanted us to do... but they would NOT invest until we had made a profit! See You Next Tuesday!!!!!!