If recent crisis meetings at QLink are any thing to go by, Manning may not have been given the correct info regarding pilot numbers.
My review of numbers leaving North Eastern (formerely Sunstate) since Jan 07
shows 58% of the pilots have left - 4% overseas, 6% mainline, 9% jetstar, 39% Virgin. The most pertinant fact is that all senior C&T captains are leaving for Virgin.