Yep. Poor form indeed. My classmates and I didn't know better at the time but looking back on it and knowing what I now know, I and numerous others believe this was just the company's way of filling those ERJ classes... This email was one way of either softening the blow or doing a preemptive strike depending on how you look at it. I hope this isn't a tactic in use today.

As I understand it, said executive leader and others retired within the next year.