Once again it is the stick instead of the carrot. It really would be so easy to invest in the people within the company, instead of just in the infrastructure.
Investing the profits into aircraft, buildings, and not the people is akin to blowing up a balloon and expecting it to remain inflated without tying a knot in it. One less 380, one less 777 or 787 and invest in the people and the returns will be far greater than the lost aircraft.
Management successfully blew up the balloon, then they bought a bigger and bigger balloon without putting any more air into it. No one wants a half inflated balloon.
Invest in people, keep the people that made the company what it was (note, not what it is).