PS, what I forgot: 'Sacking foreigners first' and all that BS... Everything goes acc. seniority and believe me: being sacked before many, many foreigners because of seniority in 2001 assured me of that... Thats the way it is.
Due to the fact that they were non Swiss nationals in 2001, they had a different status (work permit). The ones I know came from Sabena Flight Academy and were flying on the A320 fleet for about 1 year. They were the first ones who got the kick out. There were definitely F/O´s who were Swiss nationals who came in behind them and were not sacked as the seniority would assume. What the exact reason is, I can not tell you but if you can N1 and ITT, please do, but I guess that would lead us to far away from the topic.
PS. I am not saying anything about Swiss. I am just referring to Swissair. I guess the Swiss climate has little to do with the former Swissair. Or am I mistaking?