Will most of the Qantas pilots that are laid off be able to find gainful employment with other Australian Airlines or will most be heading overseas?
There may not be any laid off, at least in the short term. If there are 100 pilots who accept VR then there may still be some demotions but thankfully everyone else should be ok for the next couple of years. Of course, that presumes no fipurther reductions in flying hours for the mainline fleet and there is no guarantees of that with the current QF management.
If only half accept VR then we'll see if QF extend it to other fleets. They'd certainly get more than 100 if they offered it to all categories.