Cruise Pilot hope this helps from one inside,
The A330 is crewed by seniority from the 320/321 fleet and up to now has been purely voluntary, as an excess number of people wanted to go on it. FO's going onto the 330 last year had been FO's on the 320/321's for six plus years but with recent proposed commands and expansion, 330 FO's are leaving the 320/321/330 fleet to become 320/321 Captains. As a result of the promotions new 330 FO's from the 320/321 fleet were required. As I understand it there has been a shortfall of highly experienced FBW FO's (ie. not the CTC cadets who were made permanent last November) who wanted to take up the voluntary vacancies and thus reverse seniority has been used to fill the remaining 330 FO vacancies by non volunteers who have been in the company for several years.
Your lifestyle depends so much on your base, type and seniority at Monarch.
Private MSG me if you want to know more.
Congratulations,
Alloy.