Dont start the basings thing again, waste of time. If the AB upgrades are delayed it must be for slow intake. Just cant seem to get enough guys through the door.All those guys which were turned off from coming could now be delaying the upgrade process. If they have a big improvement to the T/C's it might help.Smart pilots are not going to come to be a A380 FO for 5 + years on the present T/C's.
My guess on the 777 is poor planning to all of a sudden have to many guys, how did that happen and why was the AB F/O to 777 stopped. The least they can do is tranfer upgrades. The 4 year AB F/O's are more than ready to do the transfer upgrade; IE no 6 months in the right seat.