The ROSO on a training course I think is generally considered to be about two years. Rather than offering a VR package of X weeks per year worked the company may better off offering a flat fee of about a couple of hundred K with associated VR tax concessions. That’d be a win/ win I reckon and would probably save some double training over a period of a couple of years.
I guess we will know more when the company puts out the plan regarding the retirement of aeroplanes and it’s impact on 744 pilot numbers.