V50, thanks for your support of the airline, but please be a little careful when commenting on our internal affairs. Your post is based entirely on supposition and conjecture, and has no basis in (and not much resemblance to) the facts.
The Classics have higher direct operating costs than the 340s or 744s, but all but 2 are owned by the airline, not leased - thus no lease costs. They have no second-hand value at the moment, so there is little saved by parking them. However, that is the decision that has been made.
The crews are a cross-section of ages and backgrounds. There are many, like me, who have young families. We are not a part of the aeroplane, but part of the asset-base of the company. In all retrenchments in the industry so far, seniority has been the sole basis of selection for redundancy. Retraining costs are part of that calculation, and may be offset by voluntary pay reductions or other savings.
Watch all the other airline redundancies and see how many lay off people out of seniority order; I doubt you'll see any. Seniority is our only protection; unlike you corporate professionals, we can't leave one job for a better-paid, more senior position elsewhere. We always go back to the bottom of the career ladder if we change employers.