If Ed had said:
"Listen up you lazy c@#$s. We screwed up the numbers so we are going to fix it by f#$king with your days off because we can. I f you don't like it p#$s off and we will hire someone who is cheaper than you anyway."
It would have been just as unpalatable but I would have had more respect for him being honest, but couching it in terms of SAFETY and a GCAA MANDATE!
F#*K OFF WALLY.