DfT and European soft touches
Akerosid - I have a different opinion to you. Whilst I appreciate your thoughtful inputs on this topic, I do not agree. I believe that UK plc, aided by the Germans, who just wanted a quiet life in the Presidency, (and whose DfT is pre-occupied by flogging off their version of NATS), just rolled over when the USA came calling.
Within the bureaucracies of DfT and the Commission, they just wanted a deal. The legal obstacles put up by the Euro courts could have been overcome, but no-one had the guts to do that.
In the end, BA will manage within these new constraints, as they have to, but it was not a good deal. Phase 2 will be just a joke.