Have heard that RL wants all the remining J41's in new colours asap and up and running, as some of have been stored at HUY, awaiting C checks
Now to paint an a/c which costs money does not sound to me as if he is going to sell or hand them back.
The J41's are fully crewed but not to the point of having 4 crews per airplane as some other airlines and therefore crews are worked hard. The Saabs are possibly overcrewed at present but not massively, a lot of crews are awaiting line training due to the Flightline crews coming across
I think RL is just trimming the fat due to the downturn rather than sticking his head in the sand and hoping it goes away