The beautiful pinnacle seats were the only thing that made flying BA Y feels slightly premium to me. Unless they change their strategy, once this cheap and nasty slimeline seats infects too much of their fleet in an unpredictable manner it will be just yet another reason to save money and fly Ryanair or Easyjet.

Having it to row 12 does help, but not if/when I lose status and have to pay extra for seat selection, or if CE is full.