Seniority
Note the subtle change in wording in the email. One of the criteria on which applicants will be assessed is " length of service" This is deliberate avoidance of the use of the word seniority. A sure sign that seniority is well and truly a thing of the past and since the list was scrambled the average pilot has no reference to his or her position in the pecking order.
An interesting development if nothing else. I am willing to bet that the 13 days off is the only selling point in this new contract. The rest will be pure poison. I would love to be proven wrong but 20 years of exposure to EK policy has brought the cynic in me to the fore.