...He'll be on a plane to an outstation by now...
I think AAIops probably got a new roster full of VACs (or should I call it 'temporarely unemployed until they decide that they maybe might want to use you again but only if you're really nice').
AAI has to face facts and deal with their various problems. Whatever AAIops is trying to say, I know of more people who're leaving - they just don't tell them. And right they are!