Hear, hear, Beagle!
I must say that sadly, as in all rounds of redundancy, the good guys/gals normally go and the wakners stay. You are right that CS can be incredibly cheap, but, as the saying goes - pay peanuts get monkeys; and the CS has plenty of chimps! In fact, if I were to try and quantify it I would say about 50:50 for CS and about 75:25 for HM Forces (that's top-bloke:tosseur ratio). Yes, "I'm a 1-star equivalent" wakners are the worst - the only 1-star they have is normally rusty coloured and they deficate through it!
Green Flash - sad to hear that old boy, enjoy retirement and great memories plus go get something part time that keeps you busy and you enjoy
LJ