Rhythm Method why look for logic?
Out of two profitable airlines the self same (things you sit on) have created one loss maker by parachuting in the dead weight of BAR with all its gross inefficiencies and fat for the platinum boys and girls.
FSand S (F$ck it up, Screw us and Screw again) is a face saving exercise by inadequate managers who are fighting to save their careers.
Brief to faceless bean counters is "For Ch$st sake get us out of this mess of our own creation by doing something.....Doesn't matter what it is as long as it appears to be a good shake up."
That my friend is the simple truth.
FSand S is a monumental gamble by men with no conscience in which we are the pawns.