we are not talking about ‘external’ applicants, we are talking about cx group born and bred cadets, ie cx paid for the majority of their licenses, they are type rated and experienced on the type no cx pilots are( in house...) transferring 777 pilots onto an airbus requires substantial training...sectors included, which there are none of at the moment. These guys/gals would be up and running way before they could even dream of retraining and type rating grounded crew. I guess only time will tell...