Quote from MissM
Don't start going on about LGW and how well it works down there. They AGREED to it. Nobody forced them to it as the case here at LHR. Maybe BA threathened to close the base but the vast majority of the crew have been recruited since NewFleet was introduced. If it had been closed they probably would have been at LHR. I'm sure you do a very good job down there and you should pat yourself on your back for that.
MissM, New Fleet doesn't exist. Yet. A lot of crew are still at LGW from the DanAir days. If somebody told you your base would close if you didn't accept what was coming then you would probably accept it too. Not forced but it was Hobson's Choice. The problem now is that as it is working at LGW it's difficult to claim it wouldn't work elsewhere.