They are now replaced by first class real professionals
Read: ex-RTAF (aka Chicken Flight) and a few Euros (much easier to speak French when you stray into Laos or Kampuchea).
I understand the frustration of those sacked guys, now the Go-Go bars of Udon Thani are out of reach!!!!
NP is long way from Udon (unless you travel by Mercedes). And Udon wouldn't even make the TopTen list of go-go bar (or soapies) destinations in Thailand. Which karaoke bar do you have the mia noi stashed in Pax07? Trading maintenance funds for flowers wreaths?