Perhaps we have just seen the tip of the iceberg!
What happens when the beancounting departments turn their sights on the £100k ('ish') Captains whom they could replace for half the price with highly experienced TP captains for the cost of a discounted TR?...and a bit?
One 'could' argue that this might just bring the overall salary overhead down to a more acceptable level and, kick start the once normal career path back into line, with a more affordable overall wage bill.
Not my view BTW, but someone somewhere, must be thinking along those lines!
Perhaps £100k salaries will become a thing of the past...sooner rather than later, given what's going on at the bottom end.
