Penske, I agree that the guys bid for those freighter commands as per the ntc should eventually get them but by the same token 10 pax command courses were cancelled next month and a plethora of pcas' also cancelled. By suggesting alternating ftr/pax courses at least commands are moving for both albeit slowly.
Also I hope those guys taking the ftr cmds realise that they are going to be spending probably another 6 years on the ftr than they expected due to the slowdown in pax cmds. It's in everyone's interests to keep the pax seniority list moving.
1 Jul was the agreed date to move back to a seniority based airline but in practise this will take a few more years to achieve, i think