Exactly and well brought up.
Paraphrasing your excellent point: The legal custodians of the Company's right to operate have resigned in record time when whispers of a CASA investigation are heard. Within a few weeks evil Tech Crew of (probably) 20 years exemplary service are possibly found in breach of some obscure allowance that was possibly erroneously paid by the Company but can be recouped in days if need be.
I can't quite understand why one reached the media and the other doesn't.
But then again I am biased and don't trust the bastards!