Capt, you'd think that if QF are offering priority to former Ansett pilots that any Southern crews out of a job would be afforded at LEAST the same amount of priority.
Dixon is a clever bloke. I'll bet money that if people are being shafted in a big way that he wasn't aware of it and he'll try and do the right thing by staff. One think I have found by observation is that he calls it as he sees it. If he was going to shaft you he'd say it straight to your face!