Don't know what all the 'kerfuffle's" about. CX is well known for eating their young (and old as it appears). Can't believe that all 49 axed were of Antepodean descent('89s), though. From my experience, most of the Ozzies I've flown with/for have been quite, or at least, fairly, competant, notwithstanding the few who obviously got their credentials from inside a Vegemite jar cap.
So leave the "Bruces" alone. It's not their fault. The 'A' scalers have been dinosaurs for a VERY long time, whether or not they came from under the Southern Cross.