So who's buying baby then?
Inkjet, you seem to be in the know but here it seems you are unsure about WW so I would suggest you have all the facts or none at all. There is no way that if you are close to the facts that you wouldn't know about WW.
In addition, you stated some weeks back that WW are in the City Airport in Belfast for the long run.. or something that that effect, which indicates that you do know... so some contradictions.
It is highly unlikely that anybody knows what will actually happen should WW be sold. For bmi it a bit different in that the slots will be used at LHR by someone .. the buyer. But WW could change radically and lets face it, it only has approx 12 aircraft.
Also re bmi mainline, If there are so many interested parties including Emirates etc for slots, surely LH would be selling to the highest bidder so is it impossible that say BA will take half of the routes and staff and aircraft and other carriers will take the rest?
If BA dont take aircraft, then LGW will see the cut backs and airbus and long haul aircraft come to LHR. Besides didnt BA recruit a big batch of pilots recently? I wouldnt be surprised if BA stated that 'LGW is not a strong fit to our core model and better suited to LOCO carriers'.
Lets not forget BA will be setting their sights on TAP.. so a focus on core competences, like hub and spoke, differentiated from LOCO's, i.e. not LGW?