Edgehill ,you assume that i have no sympathy for the situation you and your workmates find yourself in, well i have! but travelling around as i do, i see the way that BACON was treated by groundstaff over its existence, EDI being a prime example time and time again GPU late to the aircraft, groundstaff late to the aircraft, no pushback crews available cos the Mainline A/C will be pushing back in an hour so cant be late for that!! It would happen day in day out so it was not down to problems on the day, but was institutional in the thinking of the staff. BHX was slightly better but was always living in hope that the Airbus might turn up again!! Be honest how did you perceive BACON when you were doing your job? was it as a legitimate part of BA or as a stop gap measure until BA came to there senses and put real aircraft on the routes!!! I am truely sorry the position that you are all in and hope you all find jobs soon .