It's all crystal ball gazing to one degree or another
But I highly doubt the QF group airlines will employ any externals whilst they have their own guys stood down or lwop
Maybe 50 jobs up for grabs to date & they sure weren't putting them on afap
That's why all the non-QF guys are just in a diabolical situation - just zero options
There might be various strings in taking up a position with another entity - but they tend to minimise that for their "own guys" if you
look at QF mainline guys going to JQ - they never had to pay for aircraft rating etc
Why wouldn't someone take lwop to protect against CR ?
Is the suggestion just to stay there like a lemming & take one for the team ?
The message from AJ is help us out & we may well help you out