I've been kept in the loop by a contact within Jetstar and have seen many of the emails. Many of the names are people I know. These were people I met and worked with in my GA travels. These are people that you entrusted your life with when all the chips were down. These were people that held their hand out when nothing was going your way. These are people that would speak to complete strangers on the phone and volonteer their time and effort to help a new person to the industry. These are people that gave everything they had to being the best possible employee and professional pilot.
What an incredible shame that their current employer cannot see their value the way I and my previous employers can.
To those who have written I can just say that I feel incredibly proud to have been associated with you.