Bases will initially be filled by 'lottery', so some very junior crew could find themselves with a base. Strange way to staff the base, but no crazier than some of the 'seniority outrages' we've seen as CX. Apparantly, Emirates needs to keep many of their C&T in Dubai, but will 'sweeten' the pot for them so as to not cause too much frustration. They have 90 A380's coming, with the rumour of another 30 on top of that. Commands in 3-4 years maximum.....and an ever improving package. CX had better pull their thumbs out.