I love some of the rubbish on this thread!
737's parked in front of hangars must make them 'broken' and 'falling to bits'.
Lockers open unless 'slammed' annoyingly above passengers heads.
Cabin crew have a harder time with an aircraft change than flight crew.
Where does all this come from?
The 737's are parked at LGW for ROUTINE maintenance. As BA has a maintenance turnround facility at LGW south of the main they, oddly enough, do the work there. Any major defect rectification involving the flight worthiness of the airframe is normally conducted at GLA. You don't see many other carriers doing maintenance at LGW as they farm it out to outside contractors abroad mostly. E.g. Jet 2 has most of it's main maintenance sub contracted in Bucharest (main hangar to the east of the apron between 08L and 08R).
Lockers can be closed and then 'firmly but gently' pushed until they 'click' secure. Oddly enough, as most pax are asked to close them when full and don't, the 'slam' method comes to the fore as a 'why don't you do as your told' reminder.
Best of all the CC have it harder than the FC on an aircraft change! Love this. Close, inventory and lock the bars. Shame. Change aircraft type? Possible 737-300/400/500/800? Could be. A319/320/321 Also a possibility. Different aircraft weights, loads, cargo. Require new manifests, flight plans, load sheets. Differing weights could require different fuel loads, diversions. Opdefs need careful consideration as to the route, cruise alt and available diversions. Etc. Etc. Etc. So where does the 'harder' come in? Possibly better to say it is a pain for both the flight crew and the cabin crew but for differing reasons.
Careful what you post.