A cynic (what!, on Pprune?) might suggest that the company has followed the requirements of EA10 15.10.1:
Subject to this Agreement, the Company will manage all necessary pilot reductions in a manner aimed at minimising the need for compulsory redundancies by considering all reasonable alternatives, including natural attrition, LWOP, voluntary redeployment, voluntary secondment and voluntary redundancies.
They've considered VR, even sought EoIs, decided it's not for them, and will now move on to CRs………Let's hope not.
Personally, I'm not that cynical and suspect VRs will go ahead eventually but there is some (probably financial) advantage in lumping all 188 applicants together.
Last edited by C441; 17th Sep 2020 at 07:35.