Not withstanding the fact that I'd prefer you to delete the names of the hotels we stay(ed) in, I think the Rome one has changed, not that there was much to like about the place other than it's location. Vienna is still good, but you can offset that against the naff hotels we stayed in in LYS,NCE,BRU,ABZ or ARN. Lets also not forget that nightstops are now particularly short, with an early HEL meaning you cannot legally have a beer and any of the Milans leaving you with less than 12 hours at the hotel.
With the greatest respect, I don't think that as a former page 1/2 senior Captain you are really offering the kind of advice that the prospective EZ/BA switcher is looking for. Perhaps it was an easy life at the top of the list, picking up LCA standovers and late report midweek tours. When I left the Airbus fleet I was relatively senior but still got to 'enjoy' the early 5 day tours with 4am wake up calls and 4 sector days in between. I used to particularly enjoy the 3am wake up call in RIX on the last day to fly RIX/LHR/MUC/LHR, or latterly RIX/LHR/MAD/LHR. We don't go to RIX any more, but that was the kind of thing you'd be looking at if you weren't on page 1. I'm sure that sort of thing was a shock to you when you joined Easy, but it's standard fare for the junior BA pilot. Yes you'll get some late tours, but with a long commute to LHR you often found yourself getting home at midnight after a 5 day tour yet having to leave at 8am the next day to fly LED return. I believe that a few 5 sector days have been creeping into the bidpack recently.
In essence, the guys here want a flavour of what they'll see when they join BA, and thats not the lifestyle of a page 1 seniority Captain. If you ever flew the gruelling trips at the bottom of the list then your views would be more valid, but I think it's a bit rich to be calling BA pilots wimps when you've been creaming off the easy trips for years.