My dealings with Paddy were always what I'd expect from a FCRM: professional, courteous and sympathetic. When I read the list of Star Chamber members I was genuinely surprised that he appeared there, although I rather suspect that, as with DH and SK, their involvement was more of an administrative one as they worked in the personnel side of things.
What has made me think long and hard about my present predicament is this so-called list of around 200 management-intended firings of which the 49ers were a sub-set. Rather like the present witch-hunt about to take place in the banking world (how can you award yourself a bonus as a percentage of nothing?), I do hope that those responsible are held to account for what was akin to a death in the family.
BB