Originally Posted by
RealSatoshi
What about a 10th year Dash 8 Captain versus a 2nd year QF SO or 7th year QF FO for the next vacancy?
It is a hypothetical question as no Group list structure is actually in place but OlliOnion’s post seemed to be about a structure that determines who gets hired into mainline at the bottom rung. So that wouldn’t allow the transfer you suggest.
For a Group list that allowed promotional transfers between entities, you can have an arrangement like DashTrash outlined. On the day it starts all pilots at each entity have priority for promotion within their entity. Everyone hired from then on is on a Group wide DOJ seniority list. Still no disadvantage to current pilots at any entity.
It won’t happen though, as Qantas hate paying for pilots to transfer between aircraft. Tens of thousand of dollars in training costs and months of no or limited productivity. See how they just doubled mainline training freeze periods. Siloed pilot groups on single aircraft types saves money and they don’t care if we like it or not.