If we actually had just the one employment standard for the entire QF 'group' then why not go with the one seniorority system? It would certainly ease the angst. The individual airlines can still pick whichever person they want but at least we know that EVERYONE has passed the same standard of entrance. Date of joining seniorority wins. The pilots (and by that I mean AIPA) control the seniorority list, not the company. We can put the PM on the list if we want to. He still has to pass the QF entrance stuff though!
We've done it before when we had 'protected' humbers for the regional guys and gals (about '95/'96) and we can do it again!