Perhaps that's an apposite time to return the thread to IB matters then.
Well said Hand.
….Of course Il Duce will tell you that if BA hadn't bought bmi as an entire entity we couldn't get the slots for expansion, yet if you actually talk to any of the leadership team it appears they never held that view. They were remarkably relaxed about having any takeover deal blocked as Lufthansa would have folded bmi immediately and BA could, in their view, have picked up a sizable chunk of the slots without any of the liabilities….
Sounds like your preferred option. Sorry to p*ss on your fireworks and all that. Maybe 300 or so people slung out on the dole is a price worth paying for you to not have to wait an extra year or two for that command. Maybe bmi should have done that when integrating BMED? looks like there might be some of those "smiling daggers" (BALPA forum) a little closer to home. I'd better watch my back then.