Well now, this does seem a somewhat "smelly" kettle-of-fish; to be sure - to be sure! If me name is not O' dakota 67, I wouldn't have believed that one of my DNA lineage could be seeming so hard-hearted as to be telling his loyal aviators that if they don't like the Master's decisions, well then, they can just booger-off now. As Mr. Learmont indicates; it is a short-sighted cavalier attitude which hardly bodes well for the future of industrial relations between the cockpit (do we still use that term?) aircrew and the CEO and his non-flying minions. Surely there has to be a better way? What I am unclear about is do the pilots have an employment contract? Or is it all through the Irish ALPA?