hotnhigh
I think youv'e asked and answered your own question here.
Or to put it another way, Qantas mainline numbers were so great that no suitable Jetstar pilot would EVER have had the numbers to slot in above the bottom of the QF list.
I would have thought that was self obvious.
Now, back to the topic, how would you propose QF deals with redundancies and placing junior pilots with Jetstar??