TD has interviewed over 300 pursers in the preceding few months.
Apparently his attempts to improve the department were being seriously undermined by the individuals that have been removed.
Now I am as big a critic of our pathetic managment methods as anyone. However if, as a manager, you find that your subordinates are deliberately ignoring or undermining your initiatives, then you have no alternative but to remove them. If you dont, then you cannot possible succeed as a manager. That is assuming that you have brought them in to explain the error of their ways and given them an opportunity to climb on board.