All this talk about IAG maybe buying bmi and not BA, and that this somehow makes a subtle difference as to whether they can avoid a TUPE purchase/just buy the slots etc is rather spurious if you ask me.
Of course it would be IAG rather than BA, as they are the mother company that hold the purse strings- just like when BA recently purchased the 6 slots from bmi the press release stated that "BA have obtained approval from IAG to purchase....", or to give another example when bmi have needed (lots) of money for anything in the last few years, it was DLH we turned to.
And no doubt you'll see some posters say "told you so, it was IAG" should this come to pass, but it is largely academic which of BA/IAG do the actual buying, as it would be BA, and not IAG that would then do the operating of the assets- let's hope with some well trained bmi crews.
This is a worrying time for bmi employees, and having pontification and schadenfreude doesn't help anyone except the know-it -all armchair generals.