Let us suppose BA do want to buy Flybe and merge it into Cityflyer
How would they make it profitable when Flybe are struggling ?
Why would it work now when BA were so keen to offload their operations at places like Birmingham and Manchester 10 years ago ?
How would one reconcile the pay structure of Cityflyer (based on higher London City fares) with the lower pay structure in Flybe that comes from lower fares at provincial airports without causing industrial strife or destroying profit margins ?
Finally do BA really want to be anything other than London Airways given that their focus is to be a premium airline for long haul which is dependent on a large number of business passengers willing to pay high fares that happen to be mainly in London and rare in the provinces ?