sooooo.... you feel that 20 years seniority has no value when applying for a base? and that employing all new defo's directly onto a base in no way inconveniences our current f/o's in hkg who would like to be in YVR or SYD?
grow a head!
basings vacancies should ALL be seniority derived NOT save cx a buck driven.
And when you middle-of-the-road crew grow up just a little more you'll see there will be NO MORE bases at all for you.
Just as you slag off senior guys for wanting to go home after 20 years choking on smog in HKG ...so too will you be unable to due to direct entry hires today.
After 2008 there will be no more base transfers....unless you take a massive pay cut.
