Sorry Snarlie....I am not referring to that bunch at all....not one of them.
I do refer to another group that got the axe during a "slimming" exercise that took place in the 1990's.
The suits were for "Unjust Dismissal" amongst other issues. The court reward would have been much higher for the guys if the current law applied rather than an earlier law. Got the info from one of the twelve who filed and won. Read the court papers he had in his possession.
This was the case where a a very well liked long tenured Training Captain who had found himself at the high end of the greasy pole of management went into court and carried the company water and was seen by the Judge to have not much credibility. The company repaid him by a posting to a very northern airfield at the far reach of the realm as a revenue producer.
I tell the whole account Snarlie....and know of what I speak. The source of my info would gladly add to this account but unfortunately he is no longer with us.