I can’t find seem to find out if the redundancies are going to be based on seniority, as they seem to be across captains and first officers alike. Can someone shed light on this?
It is my understanding that 'Last in, first out' was succesfully challenged in some airline in recent years and can no longer be used as the sole basis for deciding who is to be made redundant.
From a common sense point of view if, for example, the B747 was to be scrapped why would a company want to make the most junior pilots on, say, the B777 fleet redundant and then go to the expense of conversion courses for all the former B747 pilots?
The world changes and LIFO was the unwritten rule for years but no longer.