Thanks, Norman S-F, I appreciate the welcome.
I'm actually looking forward to easyJet - maybe not for the first x months when I'll have to find another way to commute up/down the country after losing BA concessions - but things could go very well for me personally and I'm sure all the other pilots too.
As has been said in earlier postings, the GB management has been hiding behind the BA franchise for many years while the company cuts, cuts again and finally makes some more cuts. I think, to be fair, that the franchise was as much a millstone around the neck as a lifeline and BA has been difficult at times, letting GB do the groundwork for new routes, for instance, and then saying no to GB operating the route before announcing it as their own.
So, let's integrate! I can't wait!
Scouse Geordie
PS
Who do I e-mail for a transfer to a northern base?