Your'e right, it's on the verge and the general thoughts must be take the money and run! Not bad redundancy package for senior people and there are jobs a plenty in far east if you want to retire over there on a part time roster. There is no point in strike action all the way to the dole queue and then minimum redundancy payouts. As for other airlines taking up the slack.. there are NO jobs in Europe, only option is India or Asia.