GayFriendly, I do not know the answer to the question of where the bmi crew are based for the FRA ops, imagine it's similar at MAN? However the crew on my outbound flight on 2nd June all had Scottish accents, and when leaving I commented about bmi, and they seemed a bit depressed about the situation. As I stated when returning I spoke to the cabin manager, she said she didn't want to move to LHR as she lived in Birmingham! BTW this crew was all English, and on both flights there is a German speaking crew member. I would be surprised if LH would allow them to use a/c with BA livery, so I think that they would likely to be STAR or bmi c/s. However this is only my opinion and I don't have any inside info.