You could always reduce the 'unable to park' problem by leaving the stand guidance on! [Thanks for the Leader vehicle btw yesterday to help me park].
In general, I agree, I have to suffer my own company's [BA] incompetance all the time in many aspects of daily life and am thoroughly depressed by the totally inability of managers to change anything for the better. The only saving grace is that I now fly the 747, so have many fewer transits of LHR than I used to have on the Airbus fleet. I would be tearing my hair out (if I had any left) if I were still on Shorthaul
. I really don't give a fig about this company anymore.