It smells funny how mainline now wants a joint senority in times when intenational part of mainline has gone clunckers. Just imagine that a 5years SO of mainline can outbid a 4 years 11months FO in sunstate who has served their time in the dash for a command spot.
Jumping a bit far ahead there Bubble. Who's suggesting that may happen?
Back in the times of the TAA*/Qantas merge one primary plank of the integration agreement was that no-one in either organisation would be disadvantaged when it came to promotion in that part of the group. We effectively now have close to one seniority list.
(Introducing a new type is a whole different story.)
*Used TAA to distinguish the airline from the later Australian Airlines.
It may help also to examine careful media placement of information at the time of significant EBA negotiations and the goal of the Chief Executive and Chairman to drive the organisation to the Jetstar model.
And as for accepting a 2.5% p.a. deal if (and it's a big if) that secures the flying under the current agreement, it is a whole lot better than 3% and seeing the A330 and domestic flying become part of the Jetstar network, with or without their current crew, by 2015.