Viewfrom5bells - you changed your post. I will reanswer. If that is correct then I am shocked. I think BAA should pay BA lots of competition and I take back all I have said about BA mismanagement of the situation.
Meantime, back in reality, what utter tosh. I love the way BA managers, looking to save their thickened hide get on here with their fanciful 'plots'. Trotskiite baggage teams sabotaging the operation, mistery BAA persons unknown deleting 1 cell on an xcell spreadsheet which throws the building into chaos.
Indeed how can BAA fail to load BA's schedule? No one knows BA's schedule, is that the Plan A, B C or D schedule?
The 'weak links' should have been identified and contingency planned for, what happened to turning up before the show a little early, make sure everything is running as expected. BA should of offered an incentive to get staff on the first day at their posts well in advanced.