Word round the camp fire is that Unlce Nick has been casually floating the idea a of Direct Entry 777 FO Aus base. The terms would be similar to the classic in both pay and transfer to the mainline list after 3 years (ish).
Clearly such a move would inflame the SOs who would probably get thrown some token by-pass pay and told to (politely) Poke off. 777 FO's desperate for a base in OZ will be told to just Poke off.
I would suspect the Oz ad is a look-see at what's available on the market before they go official. Wonder if our colleagues in the desert (which we may or may-not have a no-poaching deal with) read Flight magazine
