Veruka Salt posted:
...so please elaborate
Well, my guess would be that his thinking is this:
CX need 100 FOs in 2007 (approximate numbers for demonstration purposes only)
50 of these slots will now be filled by DEFOs
thus, only 50 SOs will be upgraded.
It's reasonable to assume that before DEFO on the pax fleet happened, all of the FO slots would have been filled by SOs upgrading, or freighter FO's who had done their time to rise to the top of the seniority list. If you are currently a CX SO, this might be looked upon as a 'bad thing', or perhaps that slots had been "stolen" from SOs.
Oh - no "champs" here VS, that would cause a cross cockpit authority gradient!
HTH your understanding.