There are still two seniority lists. They will continue to be used to decide, for example, 330 ratings, basing etc. The pilot’s date of joining has been added to each list for ‘transparency’.
Date of joining is being used for redundancy only, as per the contract/ppp, i.e. nothing has changed.
Apparently when a company uses LIFO for redundancies, provided date of joining is strictly adhered to, a Captain may be made redundant and offered a new position as a F/O, despite other F/Os being made redundant. If LIFO were not to be used this could not happen. In other words a Captain would be made redundant, no job.
Also, other than for disciplinary reasons, there is no provision for demotion in our contract/ppp. Any pilot demoted would have a case for constructive dismissal.
The BALPA CC are doing an excellent job, don’t be surprised if there are only a handful of compulsory redundancies at the end of this thanks to their hard work.