This answers it all
This is an excerpt from the LEC 79 latest email
STVs. All the talk about STVs pertained to opening Paris (not HKG) because CDG is being opened up with new airplanes. 757s delivered at the same time pilots are going thru training. In the event of bust, etc, then FDX could STV. Bob came up with the idea – hotel, per diem, families, thinks it’s a great idea. As far as inverse seniority, Bob doesn’t think it’s going to happen. Bob feels FDX is not going to take a new hire and send them over; the likelihood of an STV for HKG or CDG is not going to happen. If it does it will go senior.
Now I understand why he is so defensive