Only the SRCA and AA will know the real story and then only the upper management of those organisations. As for the new contract that is a different deal and time will tell if ADA get paid unfortunatly there is rather a lot of bad press on this and many other web sites I think anyone will find it difficult to recruit Pilots Engineers and medical crews as there is a big group of guys out there who where screwed by the system there. any one interested should think long and hard before commiting as things ie T&C,s political wills management etc
change very quickly but may be good if you have a huge company behind you who will honour your contract whatever happens.