"one thing stood out on those and the other Maersk services I used from BHX - the crew, both on board and on the ground were excellent - customer service was far superior to that provided by mainline BA colleagues at LHr "
Couldn't agree more, without being sexist the lady FA's of a certain age were absolutely super,most having been BA longhaul in a previous life. Drinks trolley was wonderful-a couple of G&T,s two mini bottles of wine and a decent snack on the way to BCA- perhaps that is where the profits went. And in the earlier days the BAC1-11's really did crackle,especially taking off on the short cross runway.