Very sad news. All the best to those who end up on the dole.
It wouldn't be quite as bad of you knew all the layabouts and incompetents were going. Sadly, in bmi, lots of good people at the grass roots seem to attract an unfair share of the misery. Post 9/11 kneejerk redundancies was a classic example - invaluable talent dumped and useless, lazy drips retained and even promoted. The knock on effect on those struggling to patch all the gaps is horrendous. The added cost of the shambles must have exceeded the savings from redundancies.
Just hope superior Lufthansa management will be the key to a recovery. They really do need to learn what a nasty culture there is in bmi, no doubt spread from the attitude of those at the top. It's all down to a minority of nasty people who often lick their way into management, rather than get there through ability. If they eradicate the nasty element (and now is a good opportunity to dump all the b******s) they'll be a long way towards improving morale and sorting it out.