Thats funny. The highest MOU seniority ghost number is 1691 which is a date of November 04. That seniority is a long long way off an east coast LH F/O slot.
It is now, true. That seniority list is now nearly 12 months old so it's a few numbers higher.
Theage 65 thing has now locked in a number of retirements/ bids back to SH. There is no way to avoid that now.
18 months from now, maybe two years when we've been through two more training allocations I think it will be a lot closer than it looks now. If there is a surplus at JQ, what is now a seniority number in the high 1600s may be looking very favourable indeed.
A number of demoted FOs are unlikely to bite at a 330 slot. Why would they? More work, less money and the senior lifestyle is guaranteed for years to come now that the PSN question has been seen off. Their egos have already been bashed around enough by the RIN that they're not going to jump at a chance to get their third stripe back just to massage that.
I guess we'll see over time. Have a lovely day
