FlexSRS - shall we leave these issues to scheduling? As I'm sure you are aware, there are strong commercial reasons for having an a/c operate a first flight of the morning out of any airport, particularly weekdays.
Slidebustle and BACrewboy - I'm with you on everything you say. I think there are many more out there like us who oppose BASSA's scorch earth policy. I too have been upset by some anti-crew posts from within and outside BA on this site, but aside from the comment from Singapore this evening, I have been impressed by the healthy level headed debate tonight at a very testing time for all of us.