If "AM", who ever the heck that is, still has to work after all of these years - they must not be very intelligent anyway! There is something called life - live it.
I can say that this new person probably needs to look at how to hire people who have actually been flying airplanes (not MS flight sim), instead of firing anybody. Unless of course, they would like to not have crew for CX's mysterious A350.
I hope that we can agree to not allow an increase JFK base slots. The direct entry program 'they' have conceived will in fact escalate the current lack of progress. I can see it now, "Dear pilots, because we our concerned about your welfare, we have decided to open up Direct entry positions on the JFK base under COS 15. sincerely, AT".