True Blue
A Lurker, as a pax that flies on a regular basis with BA, can you explain to me why these proposals are so bad for crew ex Lhr, but were/are perfectably acceptable to Bassa for crew ex Lgw? By the way, I have no link to ba or travel trade in any way.
Simple!
BASSA is doing everything they can to protect LHR. Look at previous bases: BHX, GLA and MAN. All of them closed for saving purposes and be rest assured that BASSA did not do very much to prevent it from happening.
BA wanted to save money. BASSA did everything they could to protect the land of milk and honey - namely LHR - which meant that they sacrified LGW by letting BA introduce Single Fleet without blinking.
No more bases to sacrify to protect LHR. Be rest assured BASSA will throw EF out the window to protect WW. What will happen after that?