What's the betting they will be screaming out for pilots and ramping up recruitment in a couple of years time. Only basing this view on what has happened several times in the past. No consolation to those affected, good luck for the future to those who get the bad news.
The real villain of the piece is Incapability Brown; he treated the military with contempt, sold the gold and spent any money that we could have used to bail out the banks when the smart thing to do was to pay off the national debt. I can't believe he is now making millions from jetting round the world telling people how he saved it, at the expense of attending parliament.