Our current RPs expire on 31/12/08 unless BOTH sides agree to renew them or replace them. At that point our rostering rules become AFTLS. As some have pointed out, CAD have already approved 3man up to 14hrs but have not yet agreed to the rest requirements (before, during and after the pattern) that CX want.
Once some compromise rest requirements are reached CX will have a surplus of about 100 FOs to pursue those lost opportunities. Or maybe the surplus of 100 will neatly ameliorate the FO/SO losses we have been suffering in 2008???