Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
I would not go down the dialogue rabbit hole about this. Just ask BA to confirm that their answer will not change so you can escalate the issue. One sentence. Once they have confirmed then it's MCOL or CEDR as you prefer.
"Commercial action" is not extraordinary circumstances no matter how you frame it. It's true BA don't have enough staff to commercially run their operations but that is under BA's control. If GAL had told BA to cancel flights, firstly GAL gave over 2 weeks notice, and secondly they would have used different langauage here, such as "restrictions placed by the airport".
Take screen shots of the UK to IBZ flights today.
Thanks for your advice CWS much appreciated!