It hasn't yet occured to anyone to ask why someone would take redundancy from a well paid job at age 45, a year after being involved in a major incident, with causes as yet unreported. I haven't read much of the thread, so I'm assuming the causes are unknown.
Must also have a severe effect on pension, so why do it?
Other forces at work?
I'll let you all get back to discussing more important stuff, like firemen spraying aeroplanes with water.
Bizzare old place, pprune, unless it's me.