Heritage Cabin Crew feel guilty that they have killed off the London-Melbourne route
I think it's a bit unfair to pin the " blame" for BA's Melbourne withdrawal on heritage Cabin Crew, they're being blamed for everyting else as it is.
BA's most recent withdrawal from many Antipodean destinations (e.g. AKL, BNE, PER, and latterly MEL) started well over a decade ago...in part to a combination of poor aircraft utilisation if the flight was a terminator (the aircraft ends up sitting on the ground at destination for 8 hours plus due to LHR slots) or poor load factors if instead of sitting on the ground the flight shuttled onwards...certainly < 100 pax on a SYD-MEL shuttle was not unusual, not good use of a 747.
BTW there are those who think BA only reinstated MEL as a terminator for a few years because of the origins of the BA CEO at the time
