BAladdy - I think I will wait to see what the plaques on the aircraft say, and I doubt very much, that it will be "owned by BA" and leased to bacf.
Tandemroter - I am neither management nor balpa, however I agree with many other posters, who are just happy to have a job with (now) a degree of security, for both myself and my colleagues.
This will be my last post on this topic as, now that the announcement has been made, it has run its natural cause.
Merry Christmas