1. As far as I know a couple of guys voted not to go to VO selection - they take it as a "last resort" of there is really nothing else to go to. 1 former VO captain is most likely joining them as FO
because he absolutely doesn`t want to leave austria. The high quality FOs(there were a couple of them) surely will get a job with cityline or some other good airline.
2. The best example , where politicians are just giving money and not interfering with management(at least not in an so obvious way) is austrian airlines group - the state still keeps his big share(lets wait what will happen if they will sell it one day), helping to get bank credits to keep this airline alive.
Fact is - some airlines do have advantages since Z2 is down, the only loosers are local investors, the province of styria and last but not least the double f***ed Z2 crews.