Fincastle, how exactly is this not good news for the BMI staff? Perhaps you think it would be better for IAG not to have bought BMI in which case the likely scenario would have been BMI shuts down completely and all staff are redundant.
Capetonion, BA's control of LHR slots is still not as good as many other airlines have at their hubs. Without these slots BA couldn't expand - and from what I can tell, BA expansion is a very good thing for the British public!