Exeng,
I take your point and I think you're right the board have made some terrible errors which they rarely really feel the pain of.
I am reassured by your comment that you continue to foresee a need for pilots to be hired. I'm about to leave my suit job behind and self fund an ATPL in order to join you all at the sharp end. I got to final selection in 1991 only to have recruitment frozen and my lifetime career aspiration dashed - I don't need a repeat of that.
Let's hope as you say that nobody will suffer compulsory job loss in any dept.
Clear skies,
Desk pilot