Do the math. QANTAS will need to be looking at contracts down the track, and out of the 18 mentioned above, they will most probably actively seek about 3 or 4. And if/when they get the contracts back, they are going to need more guys back at the terminal
And when that happens, the 12 blokes who were dislocated from the SIT should have first dibs at going back (if they want) on a last out first back basis.