I think your reasoning is a little out of date ECC. BA have already shed hundreds of managers in the last 12 months. There's plenty more there, but now it's just because BA like to give the title to pretty much anyone. The high grade, high pay managers are few and far between. Claiming that the company is up the creek because of excessive management numbers doesn't wash anymore. The company is up the creek because premium pax numbers have dropped off a cliff, hot on the heels of the world economy. To ignore that reality undermines the credibility of your arguments.
I cannot agree with that at all. I've spoken to people in revenue management and there was never a need to have a huge yield from J/F fares. They were merely the "icing on the cake".
You can operate a 747 or 777 across the pond just off cargo and WT Pax. The price of fuel has not helped, but there is still something completely wrong with the airline. I believe that to be management. Have a walk around Waterworld, it is crammed with them still !!! I remember Ayling and co took on around 15,000 managers, that will not be affected by having a few hundred take redundancy. A mass cull is needed, and fast.