LLLQNH, try to find a bit of empathy here.
We have always been led to believe that seniority is key in a pilot job.
So to answer your question from my viewpoint - YES, I think they are less important than the redundant very senior KA pilots.
Cathay Pacific has just thrown almost 550 pilots with up to 30+ years of seniorty under the bus.
Yet, you think it's fair that just 3% of the CX pilot body has been slashed, so all the ex-KA jets and routes can be flown by CX pilots with 2 years of seniority today and - after re-hiring the 3% made redundant - by the guys with just 1 year of seniority or so tomorrow?