Quite staggering how stuff gets leaked to the press leading to some fact, some innuendo and a great deal of inaccuracy.
It is not my place to give chapter and verse of the incident nor is this the appropriate forum.
The crew did make a mistake, given the CAVOK conditions in which they were flying it was not dangerous. Because of the open safety culture policy within the company they filed the appropriate reports immediately after landing and in order to facilitate a rapid and full investigation were positioned back to LHR.
They co-operated fully with the investigation and after a simulator training detail were returned to line flying.
Lessons have been learnt and the facts have been promulgated to pilots within BA.
Endeavouring to learn from incidents and the promotion of an 'open' safety culture is not made easier by publication of incidents such as this in the news media. By the very nature of a news report the picture will never be completely accurate and more importantly will never convey the true situation and implications to a readership not able to understand the technicalities of operating a modern airliner.
The obsession with instant and sensational news coverage, the slow but relentless drive for CVR recordings to be made public, the desire to have 'blame' apportioned usually in order to try and extract compensation from somebody can only discourage a culture where pilots feel able to freely admit to a mistake in order that others may learn and avoid repeating that mistake with perhaps more serious consequences.
I believe that some things are best kept out of the public domain. This is but one.
I believe that BA should be praised for the swift and effective action taken.