Tokunbo,
I think GMIA is talking figuratively. There are two more pilot resignations on the table at Eket but a number of pilots and engineers are seriously contemplating their future. The pay review was to have been the clincher (or not), but the delay and Richard Burman's missive on the intranet has dampened everyone's spirit before it has even been announced.
I find it hard to accept that despite business plans and quarterly/annual figures management and HR can't look ahead and see what lies around the recruitment corner, especially at places like Eket. Wasn't it an American who coined the "Our people are our greatest resource" buzz-phrase ? Whatever the figures, bonuses, targets (Zero or otherwise), without engineers to fix and pilots to fly nobody will have a job let alone a fancy office.
Surely even in a modern KPI driven company like the one Bristow and CHC are trying to become a balance has to be struck between profit and longevity ? Or perhaps in the scheme of things ExxonMobil's business is not that important to BGI globally ?
NEO