Got not much to add other than stating the obvious...
Most can understand EK had to reduce workforce temporarily to save costs... The way it was done, was vindictive and the people who suffered from their'
show were all guys who had an issue in the past related to health. Most guys were fully recovered but had a period of long sickness outside their own will (in my case less than 30 days, long ago).
The bottom line is : everyone has now seen how this 'lot' deals with their workforce when it matters the most and everyone has taken good notice in the industry...
Surely most of us have moved on, but the knife in the back feeling will never go away....
To compare EK with FD is an insult to FD. I have several friends at FD and in NO WAY they treated their staff like EK did. Sure the pay suffered a while but nearly everyone has his job back.... My hat off to G.A.G...Respect!