Oh really? I personally flew an A319 to HAM long after the route was handed to BACX because one of your Embraers was tech (again!). I lost count of the days I flew a load of BRS-bound pax back from CDG or EDI to BHX for them to be coached home after your Embraers went tech. I flew an A319 to BRU after we stopped serving it because BACX couldn't get any of their aircraft fit to operate the twice daily service. And do you know what? Not only were BAR paying you to operate the services, we didn't even charge you to run our aircraft to cover the service we were already paying you for. So lets not pretend you did it all by yourself with big bad mainline stitching you up.If it was left to BACX and their 'always tech' Embraers you'd still have pax stuck downroute!
Lots of love from an overpaid, workshy, 840hrs flown in last year on shorthaul Heathrow mainline pilot.