This looks fishy to me. BA knew perfectly well about the APD from well before all this recruitment drive. Its probably cover for saving themselves the embarrassment of cocking up their recruitment estimates, especially since they did it with so much media wallop..!!
Wirbelsturm, there was nothing wrong with the other lot. They had approved the third runway, HS 2 (High Speed Rail) to better connect the airport and didn't have this silly APD thing. That is investing in the future, not this palaver the current Government has done. Glad you realised you got duped, because I hate saying 'I told you so' on this one…!