Propoganda it is
No different than that GIV that is suppose to show up at your Corporate Gig.
Until its sitting on the Tarmac, number 1 for takeoff, don't believe a thing.
This is just the kind of thing that could demoralize a Pilot Group. You think the dirtbag is finally gone, and a month or two goes by, and he's still here.
Even worse: You forget what your Leadership has asked you to do because you view this as a sign things are getting better, and that has a cumulative effect of taking some of the pressure off Management.
Celebrate if and when its Official. And not to rain on your parade, but who's to say, if he indeed goes away, that his replacement would be any better?
Could you just imagine them bringing KR back to kind of disarm the troops, with hopes that things might return back to the days of respect for the Crews?
Don't let your guard down, even if that does happen. KR walked away from Options a VERY wealthy man, and left the rest of us to deal with Raytheon and Mr. Sh-tfinger. He may have been forced out, but he made out just fine, while the rest of us have been suffering.
The only friends you have are your Brothers standing arm in arm in Solidarity. Don't believe me? Just ask a NetJets Pilot.
Freedom is Not Free.