A link to Kieran Daly's blog on the subject. Interesting reading about the "resigned" issue!
Pilots in Emirates A340-500 Melbourne near-disaster "resign" - Unusual Attitude
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Here's what Kieran wrote in his blog:
What's now happened is that the Emirates pilots have, and I quote, "resigned". That's what Emirates told me in this full and informative statement: "I can confirm that they have resigned."
Wonder if his 'contact' got his information from PPRuNe because there's still no internal or external statement from the company and the guys are
still showing active on the roster.