Fair enough that SMB probably has a game plan in here to which none of the rest of us are party. I'm sure he hasn't got to where he is today without it.
However, it is rather incongruous that Nigel Turner was saying only last week that bmi ruled out any slot sales (post on the bmi/BMed crew thread with quote), yet this deal to flog a load of Heathrow slots to BA comes to light a week later. It doesn't say an awful lot for management integrity and openness with their employee groups, does it.