I feel for the office staff, but as crew I am quite looking forward to the bmi thing.
The US WILL happen if open-skies is agreed, which in the next 3 or so years, would give us crew rosters including the US, the ex-BMED routes and Europe, not a bad mix at the end of the day.
Short-haul does not appeal, but it was never going to be and is very unlikely to be a 100% shorthaul roster for us ex-BMED crew. Anyway, I certainly wouldn't grumble at the odd Amsterdam nightstop here and there
Regards
Mike