or Mr uppity as the reality is likely to be
if this happens....
1) the majority of flight crew / cabin crew reductions will be achieved by natural wastage, i.e. leavers to bigger and better things, pregnancy, promotions to other fleets
....
2) the flights continue to be operated by BA (cityexpress is 100% owned)
3) passenger suffers only in that he now is likely to have somebody sitting next to him instead of sitting in splendid isolation
4) capacity being matched to demand means shock horror routes may actually make a profit, something BAR manchester has consistently failed to do, meaning ....
5) in the long run there is a future for BA in Manchester
[This message has been edited by minogue (edited 28 June 2001).]