I’m sure if they send you a CR letter you’ll still have time to ask for LWOP and I’m pretty confident they’d grant it given that your LWOP request is a truck load cheaper than the 26 weeks they’re going to pay you under CR.
And there is no guarantee they will accept that. Again, if they go to CR it's because they didn't get enough volunteers for the package. If they are offering to blow 12 months cash on a senior crew member, 26 weeks is nothing for a junior one. The EBA is clear in that it says you must take LWOP before the CR notices are issued.
Then as a LWOP pilot you’ll come back when they need you- which will effectively be the same time as they would have re-recruited you if you were CR’d anyway. Except now you didn’t get 6 months CR payout.
You will come back when your LWOP finishes (or earlier by mutual agreement). If there is still no flying, they will just stand you down again. You stay connected to the company and you don't have to put up with the HR pre-employment bull**** all over again.
6 moths CR payout gamble is nothing when we are talking about a 40 year career.