Inveritas.
You are correct, there were 24 pilots base trained last week, Thats my point, you would be lucky to get 4 trained before LJ joined.
I am sure there are 4 more people in the office and I'm sure a percentage of those are competent. They were all there before though and we know how it used to run.
JB may not be too popular but he is competent, he is also probably not too happy with the situation at the moment so how much help he will be is uncertain.