Jetset Lady,
Thanks for your replies - you have put across very well a different perspective on what could be some of the underlying reasons why this new route has started operations the way it has.
I don't work in the industry, but do follow it quite closely, and was aware that BA at LGW is a very different Company to BA at LHR - although probably not to the extent that you have illuded - obviously a cause of some bitterness, and I apologise if I've stirred that up.
Although I sometimes question BA's strategies (I guess that comes across in the opening questions I asked!) - I want the airline to succeed for the global brand and representative of "UK PLC" that it is, despite the best efforts of some of it's staff (not you
) to bring it to it's knees.