hear, hear! Apparently no one still employed has thought it important enough to bring this whole "buy-out" to anyone's attention.
Fiji Bill and that little Ferengi Nong, TA, are supposedly hanging in there in hopes of an Airbus ticket at the end. Hope they can hold their breath. Since I left last year, I know of no-one who's survived this type of Putsch, at least not in Kuwait.
Good luck to the guys who're leaving! They're probably the luckiest by far.