Tok,
Rather like locking the gate after the horse has bolted ?
Would he be visiting the "coal face" if there were no problems there ? If he needs to come personally to find out what the problems are then we are in a sad situation as the issues have been plain for anyone to see for nearly two years. If his predecessor had been in the least concerned these would have been included in the hand over.
It's only people's despair at the lack of improvement and management's ostrich impersonation that have caused things to come to the present state of affairs. That coupled with pay rises elsewhere and the prospect of having at least some sort of relaxation without being surrounded by (sleeping) MOPOL/JTF is what has and will continue to drive people out.
My money is on more departures. NEO's sweepstake now seems to be prophetic !!