Just a few then....
Come one, come all, we take all laid off and newly unemployed pilots! Bonus, you are lucky, you can still hold your old seat!
DEFOs and now DECs, why not!
It's called a seniority list, where the new hires go to the bottom of the list, and then wait for the next available promotion.
It would be great to have some highly experienced S/O's, and I am sure they would be a quick upgrade in 3-4 years time when their seniority number allowed them to hold a right seat.
I sympathise for the people facing these problems at Qantas, but find it quite astounding that people would suggest we hire them as anything more than an S/O.