So... what happens when your 3 year commitment on the freighter is up and you want to transfer to the pax fleet on your base? Do you have to remain on the freighter until a pax F/O spot becomes available on your base and then hope you have enough seniority to be awarded the spot?
I would think this would add to the availability problem of the pax bases as there must be a lot of freighter F/O's coming to the end of their 3 year commitments and hoping to do their 777 conversions onto the pax bases in order to take advantage of the better rosters.