Given the track changes and the changes to the FATO you'd have thought using the previous experienced guys would have been the most sensible option
Do we know if any of the previous experienced guys bothered to tender for this?
I doubt if it's HA intention to mess anybody about with the slots whether the slots are for the big operators or the private pilots flying their friends in.
It seems from reading previous threads about HA, people treat them like marmite, either you like them or you hate them!