I was simply stating an economic fact, if you have less business you can afford less staff. The point I was trying to get accross was that cutting overhead is part of survival through a recession, not necessarilly an indication of impending doom.
And very well stated it was too in my opinion. However, did you expect to get many followers on a pilot network? It's possible that harsh economics are easier to swallow when you're not on the receiving end of a redundancy notice, hence the emotion seen here.