Career Progression
King Fifi - Most of what you said above is right, but according to the ops bulletin, here is what it says:
The 330 remains the principle 1st upgrade path.
The 320 will be used when necessary to provide an additional upgrade path. There will be 18 upgrades by the end of December, the majority of which will be on the 320. This is to correct the shortage on the 320 in the near term.
First Officers will bid for 330 or 320 upgrade as they see fit - if you don't want a 320 upgrade then wait where you are until the 330 upgrade comes to your seniority.
After 500 hours PIC on 320 (or 330 if that's what you upgraded on) then you will do the CCQ for MFF to the other type.
The goal of all this is to fix the shortage of pilots on the 320 since they believe this will provide a faster path to the left seat on the 320 (makes sense to me).
Whether or not all new hires go to 320 was not addressed in the policy change, so that remains to be seen.
I view this policy change as a good one since it will allow upgrade opportunities to more junior First Officers when senior First Officers choose to avoid the 320 as an initial upgrade and wait for the 330 to come first.