MH: I doubt crew are leaving due to the food! Admit I have heard MK's CV is a little like something out of a Hans Christian Andersen book - but things have come on a long way in IFS when compared to the recent and longer past.
As for being irrational in repsect of 'Awards for Performance' - what else would they be awarded for? You all sit their moaning about wanting your 3% performance based increment (read "award!") - I'm surprised you all haven't pulled the "Any landing you walk away from is a good one" yet so you can use that as a basis for justifiying the claim!