It all comes down to the Ops Managers wanting to big note themselves. When the guys chosen for 380 have all gone to 96 and then they get 100+ AMEs from EOC and the sh1t starts hitting the fan then it might happen.
They might be getting 100 tradesmen some are even trade qualified AMEs but they will be treated as apprentices until they come up to speed, so this is going to have the effect of reducing crew strength in the short to medium term as the new guys will need 1 on 1 supervision, this might be the wake up call that will make the idiot managers utilise the qualified but unpaid LAMEs they already have.
So fingers crossed.
They also talk about the 12 guys coming from SIT. This may or may not happen. Then SDT are wanting people as well so either way base seems to be losing more LAMEs than it is training. Common sense would dictate to make up people these AMEs as it would save time and money. And most if not all of them are ex heavy blokes who have been shafted by QF before and should be shown a little compassion.
But common sense is something that the 3 musketeers have little of.