Originally Posted by
Fac6
And this is all based on what evidence? Rumour is that many guys are returning.
Sure, "many" guys will return. And for a variety of reasons. How many? Let's say 100 do come back; I can see the company crowing about "hundreds" retuning, when in reality 100 out of 1000 is a pretty small number.
There are many FOs who voluntarily bypassed command to stay on a base who might now be interested in coming back just for that. A quick command, two years in hell and then hopefully move on again.
Europeans, Aussies and North Americans have options right now, Kiwis and South Africans not so much, maybe the ME.
Horses for courses, and CX will be making another mistake to assume that "all is fine".