However sincere and heartfelt the letter might be, the reality is that GF cannot turn around in the midst of a "cost saving/prevention" drive and increase the flight crew package.
They will lose people, and many good people due to this. When 25 yr capts are defecting to QR - its indicative of the myopia that affected the management for so many years. The long term cost of this little gem is still to manifest itself. Brace yourselves boys the vaseline has dried up.