Play the ball and not the man and jeep the snide comments for the playground please.
What's wrong? MAN-IAD was dropped to a leased FI B757 around 2005 and so the excellent product on the A332 wasn't available and hence the route was in a vicious circle to a death spiral commercially.
The A332s may have been specced out on delivery for MAN however they were ordered for LHR, a lot changed between contract and delivery!
Please don't end statements with "fact", when stating your opinion. When bmi fed MAN long haul from LHR overflow, that shows they are not getting their revenue to add up locally and they have to capacity dump from another more price sensitive market. Instead of a point to point regional premium, they were selling basement fares. Exactly what is good and sensible about that?