Being a junior F/O candiate I can say that I would accept the pay in line with thoughts of quick progression to RH seat.
Unless you have shedloads of experience I can't see that happening, not with at least 4/7ths of the pilots coming across from
VB all with considerably more experience!
I wouldn't be counting on that, it may happen, but when is anybody's guess at the moment!
7 Aircraft seems too many to just be doing LAX. Must be somewhere else in the plan.
If you check the recruitment website, they do ask where you would like to be based, some interesting cities on there, not just SYD & LAX!