planning a early morning B777 followed by an A380 at lunchtime
The expansion of BHX seems to mirror that of Manchester, and they went to an A380, then a morning A330.
To jump straight to an A380 AND morning B777 is a bit too much of a huge leap, especially with passenger figures down slightly and loads of 82% (usually need to be hitting the 90's consistently before an upgrade.)
I wouldn't worry too much about that expression when 'second' is used as adjective.
But, as this is an avaition thread, and it is the aviation business that is using that adjective, shouldnt you be worried?
BHX faces an uphill struggle to gain new airline traffic as it is, with London down the road and Manchester steaming ahead to the north, and if this is the view held by the airlines, wont that affect your chances of new routes?
With the new appointment in the routes team, lets hope that some of the luck William brought to Manchester rubs off on BHX.