Fear mongering aside, and I do understand it's shot in da ass for SO's.
DEFO's also bring into the company a different "non-cx" level of experience. We all acknowledged that having ONLY low-hour cadets as new recruits was a bad thing. (ie in 15yrs, where ALL Captains had zero experience outside CX?) Recruiting experienced airline/ex-military will (IMO) make this company better.
Sorry SO's, your lifetime earnings have taken a hit (2yrs difference between SO and JFO?), but at the end of the day, your time to command hasn't really changed, and lets not forget, you bought very little to the company in the first place. (That includes a few of you Dash8 legends).
For the SO's with appropriate experience, I would hope they apply for DEFO. No change in seniority means the 100hr spikey-haired cadet that joined a week before them will still get to command first. This just means CX is rewarding them financially for their experience, which they should have done in the first place.
Last edited by Will IB Fayed; 22nd Jul 2016 at 01:08.