dutch_oven, fair question. LWOP masks mask managements problems in the short term - gets excess pilots off the books for up to 3 years. But long term I don't see them pilots returning, despite what management might hope.
The sheer contempt with which they have been treated, to then be based in Asia to fly for RedQ? Without offering AU bases, they are just another Asian carrier, apart from money, what advantages they offer former employees?
Pilots won't be coming back to the Qantas group to be based in Asia.