To all of you facing the axe: good luck, something will come up.
FWIW LIFO looks like the only straightforward and transparent way to do this - it's what happened in mainline in 2001 and anything else is open to all sorts of potential abuse.
Hudson - I pity the next outfit to suffer from your self-centred, under-talented mediocrity. Just
PLEASE don't apply to come back. We're fine without you.