You know, none of these rumors are substanciated. How do we know the crew salaries were cut?
As for the the reimbursed air for someone that did not book it through RSSC, I think that is the risk you take. When I book my own air, I am willing to take responsibility for it. As I said on the CC post, it is rare that you cannot transfer air for a small re-ticket fee, so there really is no loss to the passenger. It's is a gamble, but, this is what happens in business.
There are no guarantees. Now, if RSSC keeps routinely cancelling cruises like that, then they will have a problem.
And as for Capt. Broussard, he might not be happy and we really don't know if they are replacing him because of some other contract situation.

It seems we always have someone aboard ship somewhere, so we are in on the loop. No one has had any complaints that have come up from being on board.