Are we forgetting the seniority clause...any DEC will face the very real prospect of being back in the RHS 2 yrs after joining...in fact it should be noted that NO DECs will be hired...some pilots will be hired as FOs BUT with a 2 yr uprade to captain clause...the date of their subsequent return to the RHS will be appear next to their names on the seniority list. By the time two yrs have passed the vast majority of current J* pilots ill have 2000hrs A320 command time...and the 787s will be just around the corner....that is to say that over the next 2 yrs MOST current J* pilots will meet the (stupid) min experience requirements...and EVERY SINGLE ONE will be senior to every pilot hired in the interim...even ones still on the 717 will have 2000 hrs A320 in a little over 2 yrs at the rate they fly.
This alone will shrink the potential numbers applying....perhaps the JPG were not so industrially naive after all.