Quite a high arrogant horse, eh Ombon? When we received the congratulatory phone call, not to mention also in the final interview stage, we were assured of a start date with respect to the order in which we were deemed successful in the interview and therefore position as DESO. Then CX started taking & offering cadets start dates for a good 2 years after in lieu of offering "us" a start date. That is, they hadn't even started their stage 1 process let alone even applied while we had already passed the interview process and were still waiting, and waiting, and waiting.... You and your mates jumped the queue simply by being able to grab your ankles the first and the best while saying thank you.
Maybe they were a little easier to train and get on line as opposed to the wet nursing that is required by others? Maybe they signed a contract a few years before you?
So jumping some sort of list, you say? You signed up for this the second you agreed to the raping of CX pilot terms & conditions. It'll happen for the rest of your career and you haven't a right in the world to complain since you endorsed the lowering of terms and conditions.