Originally Posted by
Jimbojumbo
I understand. And I know a fair bit of thought and logistic considerations go into the decision on which flights to cancel. But I still have that feeling (with no evidence) that MAN flights are first on the chopping block.
There is plenty of evidence for this. Given constraint on LHR capacity, it makes sense to cancel flights where a good number of passengers will either go home and give up, or make their own way via ground transport. People waiting to go to a country on the other side of Europe are much less likely to give up and get a train/bus/uber.
Similarly, when long-haul is constrained (eg by A380 frame/crew shortages), US East Coast is first on the chopping block as it has the most flights and is easiest to rebook affected pax.
A lot of BA is quite crappy but I do feel the operations planning people have a decent handle on what to cancel for the greatest good of all when forced to make tough decisions.
Shame they couldn't ferry a frame up to operate either of the early departures though.