I was completely unaware of the situation at Virgin Air before reading this letter, so I had no context when I started, but after reading just the first three p

I was completely unaware of the situation at Virgin Air before reading this letter, so I had no context when I started, but after reading just the first three paragraphs, I was already thinking "If I was an employee of this company, I would be skimming down to the last two paragraphs to see how many people just lost their jobs." Maybe "bad news" letters from executives all have the same format of "give a little history, mention problems the company is facing, promise that we'll get through this a stronger company, and then drop the bomb", because I've seen my share of "5% pay cut" and "layoff" letters in the past, and this one just reeked of bad news for somebody. That said, it was a well written letter that showed that he had spent time studying the issue and wasn't just sugar-coating a "screw you" letter (I've seen my share of those as well).