CapedCrewAider,
just to pick up on your point about 'everyone wanting to work for BA, the mood at GB is that most of the guys (and girls, yeah now we're talking!) have no interest in becoming part of BA.
We can all talk about how great our p and c's are and how little we work or not etc. etc., however....
....What GB don't want is to be taken over/merged (however well it's dressed up) and then to be changed into an unprofitable arm, have a few routes closed, have the a/c sent to the regions and some or all of the pilots sacked. (Does BRA and Cityflyer ring a bell here??)
IF IT A'NT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT as someone once said to me.
Regards