If entire group costs really are to be considered as opposed to individual group company cost structures, as has been the case for the last decade.
The question needs to be asked, should pilots on LWOP with other parts of the group be transferred back to a position that will require additional training, add to a surplus & require more training to replace 2 positions (Capt & FO who replaces Capt).
Reminds me of when Jetstar received A330's. Qf pilots were & still are being assigned leave, whilst additional pilots were hired into the group to fly existing group A330's. Only for those aircraft to be given back & the Jetstar pilots now being trained to fly Boeing's whilst Qantas has an excess of Boeing pilots.
Must be saving millions hiring all these additional crews so we can get the leave balance down.
Meanwhile the Jetstar cadet sausage factory continues to produce. Maybe they could be sent to Toulouse for base training to put some hours on the operational spares.