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Public interest in the controversy grew as Yonderian media began reporting on it, with the [[Collinebourg Gazette]] printing de Bordelleaux's letter of complaint in its entirety in September of 1982. [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] [[Ricardo de Bordelleaux]], a distant relative of [[Yonderian Defence Force#Chief_Sergeants of the Army, Navy and Air Force|Chief Sergeant of the Army]] [[Hercule de Bordelleaux]], defended the decision to reduce tank crews as a direct result of technic advances and compared it to merchanization of factory work, a comment that would prove to be extremely unpopular. [[Ricardo de Bordelleaux]] ultimately resigned from his post as [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] on October 11th 1982 after Yonderian tankers had been on strike since September 22nd. A compromise was reached with the new [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] [[Holger Müller]] in November 1982 by which affected loaders who wished to were allowed to retrain as other tank roles (commander, gunner or driver) or retire early from their contracts with full benefits provided they were more than halfway complete. The agreement would concern current and future loaders as AMY-66s were gradually replaced with AMY-82s. | Public interest in the controversy grew as Yonderian media began reporting on it, with the [[Collinebourg Gazette]] printing de Bordelleaux's letter of complaint in its entirety in September of 1982. [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] [[Ricardo de Bordelleaux]], a distant relative of [[Yonderian Defence Force#Chief_Sergeants of the Army, Navy and Air Force|Chief Sergeant of the Army]] [[Hercule de Bordelleaux]], defended the decision to reduce tank crews as a direct result of technic advances and compared it to merchanization of factory work, a comment that would prove to be extremely unpopular. [[Ricardo de Bordelleaux]] ultimately resigned from his post as [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] on October 11th 1982 after Yonderian tankers had been on strike since September 22nd. A compromise was reached with the new [[Chief of Defence (Yonderre)|Chief of Defence]] [[Holger Müller]] in November 1982 by which affected loaders who wished to were allowed to retrain as other tank roles (commander, gunner or driver) or retire early from their contracts with full benefits provided they were more than halfway complete. The agreement would concern current and future loaders as AMY-66s were gradually replaced with AMY-82s. | ||
The result of the compromise was the loss of more than three thousand experienced tankers between 1982-93 to early retirement and a shortage of maintenance crews that would not be caught up with until 1986. The option to sign up with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] as a tank loader on any contract shorter than twelve years was removed in 1985 to stop people from signing up as loaders on short contracts to retire early with benefits. Several hundred of the early retirees would go on to sign contracts with the [[Burgoignesc Foreign Legion]] as tankers | The result of the compromise was the loss of more than three thousand experienced tankers between 1982-93 to early retirement and a shortage of maintenance crews that would not be caught up with until 1986. The option to sign up with the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] as a tank loader on any contract shorter than twelve years was removed in 1985 to stop people from signing up as loaders on short contracts to retire early with benefits. Several hundred of the early retirees would go on to sign contracts with the [[Burgoignesc Foreign Legion]] as tankers and trainers. It is widely agreed that the tanker crisis would have negatively affected the tank forces of the [[Yonderian Defence Force]] if the [[Occidental Cold War]] went hot between 1982-86. | ||
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