A bit of humour is certainly required to deal with this whole scenario, we will see however if any serious info is imparted this day in LGW.
One very important fact to be resolved however is that OSM seem to be acting under the miscomprehension that they may be involved in permanent contracts in bases that have been open for 36mths. It would be good if it was pointed out to them that this is in clear contravention of the agreement between NAS & the NPU.
The very 1st Captain I flew with way back in 1984 had been around the block ( & then some) he asked me on one of our 1st trips together what qualities I thought were needed for a career in aviation. . . . . my suggestions were nowhere near the mark.
As he pointed out to me, the one quality required was "resilience", as he told me all those years ago, you are going to spend your entire career being expected to eat ****, so, if you can't let that wash over you like soft caribbean waves don't stay in this industry . . . how right he was.