> If the 20 people on the flight were even half the team working on one of Freescale's products, they could have just lost six months to a year. Replacing 20 p

> If the 20 people on the flight were even half the team working on one of Freescale's products, they could have just lost six months to a year. Replacing 20 people even at a company the size of Freescale is not just a "6-12 month setback." I would pull a much larger time frame out of my ass, especially if you were to consider the long-term value these employees had.