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Qantas Cadetship
Hi all,
just wondering what happened to QF's cadet scheme? Hearing that they might ramp it up again soon. Any truth to that? Also was wondering if anybody would be still interested joining given the fact that there are still plenty of cadets out there waiting for years and being told NO GO!
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just wondering what happened to QF's cadet scheme? Hearing that they might ramp it up again soon. Any truth to that? Also was wondering if anybody would be still interested joining given the fact that there are still plenty of cadets out there waiting for years and being told NO GO!
Cheers
Hi all,
just wondering what happened to QF's cadet scheme? Hearing that they might ramp it up again soon. Any truth to that? Also was wondering if anybody would be still interested joining given the fact that there are still plenty of cadets out there waiting for years and being told NO GO!
Cheers
just wondering what happened to QF's cadet scheme? Hearing that they might ramp it up again soon. Any truth to that? Also was wondering if anybody would be still interested joining given the fact that there are still plenty of cadets out there waiting for years and being told NO GO!
Cheers
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Hi all,
just wondering what happened to QF's cadet scheme? Hearing that they might ramp it up again soon. Any truth to that? Also was wondering if anybody would be still interested joining given the fact that there are still plenty of cadets out there waiting for years and being told NO GO!
Cheers
just wondering what happened to QF's cadet scheme? Hearing that they might ramp it up again soon. Any truth to that? Also was wondering if anybody would be still interested joining given the fact that there are still plenty of cadets out there waiting for years and being told NO GO!
Cheers
Still would be a very good option for some people, getting to the top of the queue but isn't just for those who want to buy their way into a job, fortunately for those who haven't gone that way, it still needs to be earned.
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Looking at your main question, I get the feeling you're hearing stuff that might not be entirely correct.
I'm not saying my info is 100%, but FWIW:
When the recruitment stopped at the end of 2008, there were around 70'ish (IIRC) Qantas cadets let go, for want of a better term. There were also a number of pilots at places like Qlink with 'Letters Of Intent'.
When Qantas announced their intention to recruit this year, the Cadets and LOI holders were contacted. If they were still interested in joining they were told that they had to go through the psych/sim/interview process again.
Of those that did, some (at least ten to my knowledge) were unsuccessful. The rest are being given start dates as courses become available.
Is that fair? Not for me to say. However, I'd be thinking that Qantas might have the (not unreasonable) opinion that people and their abilities MAY have changed in eight years.
Are Qantas starting the Cadetship again?
No idea.
Will pilots be interested in investing all that time and money, given the proven uncertainty of such a scheme?
Is the pope a Catholic?
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I'm not saying my info is 100%, but FWIW:
When the recruitment stopped at the end of 2008, there were around 70'ish (IIRC) Qantas cadets let go, for want of a better term. There were also a number of pilots at places like Qlink with 'Letters Of Intent'.
When Qantas announced their intention to recruit this year, the Cadets and LOI holders were contacted. If they were still interested in joining they were told that they had to go through the psych/sim/interview process again.
Of those that did, some (at least ten to my knowledge) were unsuccessful. The rest are being given start dates as courses become available.
Is that fair? Not for me to say. However, I'd be thinking that Qantas might have the (not unreasonable) opinion that people and their abilities MAY have changed in eight years.
Are Qantas starting the Cadetship again?
No idea.
Will pilots be interested in investing all that time and money, given the proven uncertainty of such a scheme?
Is the pope a Catholic?
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One would hope that in eight years, the prospective cadets would have progressed in the industry far beyond the need or want for a cadetship........
But that's kind of the end of your career progression at Qlink. Some of these guys aren't thirty yet. Having said that, some decided to stay.
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One would hope that in eight years, the prospective cadets would have progressed in the industry far beyond the need or want for a cadetship
As there is are 787s at the moment to recruit to, recruitment will be to the 330. If there are subsequent vacancies in SO category on A380 or 747, 330 SOs will be able to bid for those vacancies.
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Wait, Qantas are currently putting cadets on the 330 only? How many are required in that, and will the rest of the LOI and cadets go to the 787?
Are Qantas likely to open up direct entry FO positions, or will it always be SO positions on international?
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Qantas did take guy/girls who were never SOs following the collapse of Ansett