Sal-e, is your news correct? I find the number 16 very hard to believe.
Sad day - well, well, well.
I would not call all of them good or great - some survived and got promoted purely because of the DGCAM and its grip on GFA. However, the average was good, with the excellent youngsters making up for the older crap. The now-resigned HOT was certainly of the latter class.
BTW, is the CP leaving as well?