"And should the jetconnect flying be absorbed back into QANTAS mainline, all jetconnect crew would be welcomed with open arms in mainline. At the bottom of the seniority list like everyone else"
Actually, it will work the other way around. When the red tailed 787's join the JC fleet there will be mainline pilots offered to crew the aircraft at JC on contract. The 737 op at JC was a test case for much bigger things.