The only ass around here is the Beak. I know one of the 20 people he flames repeatedly and he treaded water in the BA hold pool for almost two years while funding his own currency. I'd hardly call that impatient. These 20 people are over a barrel due to poor timing, nothing more, nothing less.
If airlines could cut pilot pay, they'd do it across the board in a recession like this. The pilots and unions would never stand for it, so the next best thing they can do is change who pays for type and line training. Would that the existing pilots and unions kicked up as much fuss about this as they would a threat to their own pay. Instead they come on here and bad mouth 20 people they know almost nothing about, save a few who are prescient enough to recognize it is a threat to their pay and focus their anger where it really belongs, on shortsighted managers.