As one of those with too much self-interest and no backbone, might I offer a slightly less emotional view: the 62% (I'd call that clear rather than close) were voting for a group-wide restructuring plan that has taken TCX from near bankruptcy to what appears to be recovery. I don't know anyone who actually liked what they were being asked to support, but no one was going to go on strike with the company's future in the balance, were they? Perhaps all those eager young wannabes who've signed huge cheques to get themselves into the right seat of shiny 320 on one-sided contracts might like to reflect that the reason the TCX guys were asked to take the hit was to make themselves competitive with the likes of - you guessed it - easyJet and Ryanair. Welcome to your future.