Sydney s/h
In relation to your point about the seniority system for permanent crew, I guess as crew leave, and are not replaced by other permanent crew, we will get rosters that are further impacted by demand days. I think that some of the more junior fa's already get demand days on almost every day of their roster now.
I heard from some casual crew that the company is looking at introducing seniority for bidding amongst contract C casuals. Apparently many of them are unhappy with the current roster system, and this will give them a better chance of getting a roster they are happy with.
From your information about the number of MAM training schools which are currently going through, I can only assume that short haul must be getting a large increase in the amount of flying. The company says we currently have a surplus, so something must be going on if they are employing all these people!!
Interesting times ahead...