This could blow up and bite BA in the bum. The UAE have announced this week that they are telling companies that if they work with Qatar then they will not be welcome in UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia or Egypt. So when BA are banned from all these countries maybe the shareholders will have something to say about the two clowns who are trashing the brand.
If that happened one would hope the instant response from the UK Government would be to tell EK and the unmentionable one that they are no longer welcome in the UK either. Simple.