I looked at this with the AOA a while ago. When you start including CX pilots who have been pushed or forced off their base it gets very murky. In comparison to the opening of slots on certain bases going on right now.
Should a person who joined on (for instance) a Sydney base (say 3 years ago) get dragged to Hong Kong because base requirements change and there is no longer a slot for them?
Conversely, if the only slot available is a command slot in Brisbane but that would keep him in Australia should he get the CN slot in Brisbane because it’s only open to him?
What about when the company finds slots that weren’t previously advertised?
It opened up a hornets nest regarding how much control bases have over what they see as their base slots. And this idea of base seniority.
Much of which Hong Kong based crew had no realisation of.