Originally Posted by
DirectAnywhere
Although Perth has traditionally been the most junior base, Keg opined elsewhere that the reason MEL may be more junior now is base balancing. ie. the company can't find the F/Os wanting to become Captains they need who are willing to go to Perth so there's no point sending a bunch of F/Os to Perth if there's no-one to fly with. Makes sense to this casual observer as the most junior 737 command in Perth was about 80 numbers junior to the most junior in Melbourne.
It's either that or they reckon they've got the numbers right in Perth as the Network flying starts to expand.
Close but other way around. Lack of S/Os bidding for PER 737 F/O. They’ve got people bidding for PER 737 Captain.
I don’t rule out a bit of your last point though. What will tell the tale is if the number of 737 crew overnighting in PER increases.