Jet Star / QantasLink etc are all part of the Qantas Group staff travel and all have DOJ with regards to priority on qantas group a/c. In others words, A Dash 8 captain who was employed by Sunstate back in the 80's will have priority over a Qantas captain who joined in the 90's. They all have separate AOC's.
I believe this is industry standard in mergers like this. It just should of happened at the same time they merged the office staff and freighter pilots and not ten years latter.
I do though have to agree that this is a disadvantage to some CX staff and I feel for those who are commuters who have no interest in KA's network. It is a win for the staff that live within our network who regularly apply for the
JS.