I was just thinking the same thing. If this is a big deal then surely a campaign would have started years ago to save it. One thing that did surprise me is the simulators were never sold off prior to when the building was decommissioned.

Now the building is sold, I suspect the new owners in time will demolish it and make way for a new industrial estate business.


On a separate note, I do wonder about the long term vision of Waterside (HQ). Apparently, much of the footprint of the building is not used by BA anymore and of the space is leased out to other companies, mostly Oneworld. Now with more office workers adapting to working as a home worker, will there really be a long term need to go into the office on a regular basis? Also if the third runway were to have get a u-turn then there would be a compulsory purchase order on the site to make way for the development.