Don't think anyone (pilots) will be losing their job just yet. Assigned leave has just started with lower divisors, assigning long service leave occurred in the past, not ideal but better than losing your job. I am sure that there would be quite FEW new Qantas pilots who would love a few years leave without pay to go back to the RAAF and fly real aircraft for a while again. And maybe a few of those over 60's sitting on a few million super (although slightly less now) might decide to give the younger members a bit of a break and retire gracefully.