Promotions
The EBA provides for 4 years under the EBA for CSM and 2 years for CSS. That however is only in relation to 747/787/A330 land.
Given the anticipated growth projected in the A380 Division, its conceivable that they may have trouble attracting enough crew from the current world who are eligible for promotion. On that basis, the EBA provides that the 4 years and 2 years does not apply in A380 division.
All promotion will be merit selected and the negotiations contemplated a vast array of experience that candidates for promotion bring to the job