Utrinque
Yes they are desperate.
AAI's logic is to cut the salaries to the bone, piss everybody off with lies and half truths etc., etc.. However they have forgotten one thing. They must train the people going coming in the front door to replace the personal that have been screwed going out the back door.
I wander when they will actually wake up and look after the people they already have, then the training costs would be halved (a conservative estimate) and the money saved could be passed on to improve terms and conditions.