The guys is a genious on this one just in his wording.
"If BA is confident about their first class product and Club Class product we will expect them to take up the challenge," he said.
"If they are not, then we expect them to reject it "
He knows dam well BA wont enter into this type of deal so he can claim they weren't confident enough to do it.
Quite Clever
As for DNW's comments. The new UC should beet NCW without a problem but FIRST is a differnent matter just by the pax to crew ratio and the menu of food and drink.