TransitCheck: brilliant post a few back. Absolutely the truth "between the lines".
harry: predictable. *yawn*
alwaysinit: I prefer the term "creative destruction" to "mutually assured destruction". EK is entering the part of the cycle where the sheer folly of much of it's "management", particularly in the area of actual PEOPLE management, is coming home to roost. If the dire situation in CC isn't an indication of a severe sickness, I don't know what is.
I say bring it on, the sooner the better. Firing a few HR managers is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.