Well, having digested that somewhat verbose and rambling post from tilii, let me clarify.
First of all, the pilot staff losses and the quoted (but not substantiated at any of the meetings I have been at) figure of 11% reduction in work force are different animals. The latter is amongst admin and management.
The assertion by BavarianBoy that 69 pilots will go is incorrect, more like 40.
Nobody will have two bonds going a the same time; if a pilot accepts a new bond, the old one is paid off by the company. The quote by MOR is direct from the letter sent to pilots on Friday and I can confirm its veracity.
The distinction I made, and that tilii takes exception to:
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[N]o-one said that mainline pilots wouldn’t be affected, simply that they wouldn’t be made redundant. Important point.
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-is simply information, not an opinion.
MORs' summation of my reaction to this is an understatement. To use a colloquialism that the prim and pompous tilii will surely object to, it sucks. Bigtime.