Sounds like all they had to do was give people proper departure operations, and although they would have not saved as much expense, they would have avoided look

Sounds like all they had to do was give people proper departure operations, and although they would have not saved as much expense, they would have avoided looking like amoral jerks and maybe even avoided a bunch of labor lawsuits in various places. Just treat people decently, and you don't have to be painted as callous bastards.