Surely the notorious "inverted triangle" of management must be asking themselves how things have fallen so low ?
Maybe you don’t understand modern business process, moving forward.
The SLT will be bonused up, for achieving efficiencies in line with the KPI’s.
The expensive and troublesome Helicopters have been rationalised back to zero (in Australia) this has allowed rightsizing of pilots and engineers (to zero - the ultimate achievement.)
Helicopters/Engineers/Pilots were identified as the biggest risk to SLT remuneration, so it’s smooth sailing now.
The other encumbrance completely eliminated (in Aus) is clients. These were identified as very labour intensive. Eliminating them has allowed massive right sizing of wages staff. Creating several additional VP positions - “Senior Vice President - Right Sizing”, “Senior Vice President - Efficiencies” and “Senior Talent Acquisition Partner”)
Apart from funding the new SLT positions, with suitable packages, the savings should allow for expansion in the SQA and IT departments, as part of an ongoing Modernisation strategy.
I hope this helps you pivot into the new normal.