Anthill, trust me when I tell you that the original intention was to not provide a career path into the the narrow body domestic fleet, there was also a great reluctance to have domestic guys go to the 777 operation, but there was an acceptance that if someone did make the transition then the previous service would be recognised for long service leave, sick and annual leave etc.
If the original executive GM had had his way none of the virgin blue guys would have been able to come over and pollute the "culture" of V.
It was very much set up as a separate operation in the early days.
To everyone's credit that has changed, but it certainly was not the way it was intended to operate.
Last edited by Snakecharma; 30th Sep 2013 at 12:19.