As the saying goes " the chickens have come home to roost" - bad things the company did in the past ( such the almost gleeful " redundancy " of wattsapp users, crew they didn't want ) will come back to haunt them. The blanket cancellation of leave for the 777 fleet is a desperate move to cover the managements ineptitude.
QR will get new applicants- for sure - but this year long debacle of pilot" redundancies" closely followed by pilot hiring will sit on the mind of many people as to just how much value a crew member is to this outfit.