griffinblack,
You may well be right but only extending the offer to those in flying positions would be very short sighted (even by RAAF standards). If that is the case those starting work this week in new ground jobs who may have even being looking forward to a bit a respite from the op tempo will be reconsidering their perceived value by the system.
Given a Check Captain qual is only specific to an aircraft type and valid for the tour, it will be interesting to see if DP offers to those who have held the qual in the past but may no longer due to a change of type or a ground job.