From a confirmed source: The cadets will now be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane/Gold coast.
So now we have people flying Australian routes on a permanent basing who are not on the EBA and outside the seniority system.
The pilots up in Darwin waiting for a slot to get home have been screwed. The pilots on the hold pool waiting to get in have been screwed. ALL CURRENT FIRST OFFICERS have been screwed as they will lose all their overtime and day-off payments to these low grade salary cadets.
In a few years, once these cadets have had a ridiculous amount of ICUS they will be given commands ahead of all first officers on separate lower pay scales. Then ALL CAPTAINS will be screwed because they will start to lose their overtime, day off and preferred base allocations.
The sky is falling people.