OK problem solved let Qantas take 20 people from general recruitment of the street and then you wont have anything to bitch about. I didnt hear any real uproar when Qantas took 32 MAM's back in 2005 thus activating the progression progress agreement for 10 Eastern, 6 Sunstate and something like 15 Jetstar in January/February 2006.
The agreement is crap but as I said before if no-one is ever offered permanent from an external source progression never occurs.
Mr Seatback there are people at Eastern who have been around a lot longer then you and will still miss out in this intake so spare I thought for them. They were at Eastern when you joining Impulse which at the time was a competitor to Qantas and progression wasnt even an option for you and lets put it into prespective. A 4 leg day on an A320 or Dash8? Zero comparison.