Don't worry fellas, you aren't alone.
We didn't get much notice either, two hours before the RSVP closed I think..
It's all part of the pen pusher agenda, creating the illusion that they ARE the airline.
As someone once remarked, if the bean counter has a car accident on the way to work, the flight still departs...
If an engineer or a pilot has the accident where does the aircraft go?
The best part of its landing just happened to be the runway inspection done after it landed...Guess you cant be too sure which bits fell off over Sydney and which on the runway