Aviance work is some mysterious ways !! Dont forget they gave up there pax handling licence a few years back, they have done exactly the same at LGW recently,and work out of a cargo shed for both places!!.
Now they make experienced DM's redundant just as they sign German Wings and AirAsia!!! and now you say by law they have to re-employ them, I bet they are not re-employed as DM's......sounds very shrewd to me!!!!