Ancdu don’t quote me but one reason might be because there has been talk of merging all the flying. A while ago I heard the company wanted the ability for all pilots to fly together and that separate groups was inflexible. So I think vaa might have a different idea of how they want to run it to qf. Joined seniority list is the first example of this. Also the tiger list is pretty small so the payrise isn’t as “painful” on the balance sheet as it would be for jq.
It certainly presents an interesting scenario when it comes to your negotiations. The timing couldn’t be better for you.