Very good to see one of us stating chapter and verse on the BACX 'key result' goals. BAR and CFE historically operated niche market and performed with financial control and consistent profits, providing good and sometimes better service than BA could muster.
Surely the problem for BACX / BA UK operations is the phenominal growth of the LC's, which have totally pulled the rug from under our feet. Both BACX / BA will have outstanding difficulties in achieving fiscal sucess and making swinging financial savings to maintain / sustain its UK operation.
So far in this thread no one has mentioned the Low Cost competition and this has impacted to such a level that BA management has showed very little iniatative / competance in responce.
In the last 20 years plus I have seen these situations a number of times and the outcome will always be biased towards ensuring survival of the LHR / LGW operation. Sadly all of the issues have been covered before with BCAL / DANAIR / CityFlyer express and I am sure if ex members of those companies read this they can confirm it as fact. Whatever ther a lot of BA staff at Waterside who rely on BACXs' sucess too.