Whether it's 7 or 5 or 20 the fact of the matter is that they are in the poo with crew - they will never pay more and try to do more with less and less..... would anyone like to work in ops at the moment - I doubt it.
There is only so far that you can cut to the bone and they are starting to see the white hard stuff through the flesh that is left.
Just because you may be in the left seat of a pencil does not make you an expert by any stretch - stay with them a year or so and then let us know whether you think the sun still shines southward.
Seeing that you are so close to the sun's source there, you would surely know that some of the bigger stuff may not be seeing much 'regular' action soon - and where have all the red cadets gone and why??
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