Of course it might be a case of the knickers calling the bloomers black CU. Mein Gott, there are portions of your post with which I agree, must be a first for me. I hope and pray that all sensibly minded people do use this major tragedy as a force for conciliation between t'management and the rank and file. I don't think the issues which recently went against the company are over with, appeals etc to come. I understand a degree of cynicism on the part of some/many of our colleagues and indeed from some in management. But I hope the modest, more moderate majority of us prevail and we do get things back together as best we can. GL. By the way the acronyms, from the perspective of a two fingered typist, are anything but inane. More a Godsend.