Mam supply casual crew for Short Haul QF. It seems of late this is the only way you get to fly with QF, hasn't been permanent employment for some time. The Mamers seem pretty happy with the conditions so "I Just Want To Fly" good luck with the application.
It took me a year and a half to get the job. However i went through the whole Qantas recruitment process, not MAM. Qantas are back doing the interviewing for casuals now, if Adecco were still doing the interviewing, you would've had the job by now and already be flying! Thank God they've gone!
jb_flyer, i don't know what's happening in Perth as next month there are about 40 PER long haulers transferring to PER short haul due to the downsizing of the PER long haul base. I don't know what effect that will have on any more casual recruitment? As you know, its all been a bit quiet lately.
Oh yeah well aware of all the reasons why Perth is a little different at the moment... Must be hard for ll your guys out on the coalface as well.
My only hope is that MAM will not become oversaturated. Being the only way in at the moment, makes it difficult otherwise, but the worst thing I can see happening is that too many people are employed. The minute there is a slump in flying (locally, regionally wherever) you guys will be the first to loose out... Lets hope they take into consideration the guys who have been there for the Long Term when allocating hours etc.
Or even better... find you guys permanant jobs like you were told, but as has been said before, who knows! QF changes on a daily basis...
well im constantly being made non av to accomadate work for the new people.their is no preference given for years yes years of service for being a casual.you can get many many hours and great trips if you are a special person and thats putting it nice.i guess qf want to role you out after a few years and replace you with fresh staff.they better try harder because its not working. cheers gigs
oh yes forgot to write must remember to buy that free duty free for crewing/no their not at all like that but yes some are/and,yes i comdem it totaly.gigs
I agree gigs. I have heard of one or two people who have befriended one or two people in central and are continuously getting the trips etc while some people are being converted to NREQ quite often. Central definately don't have a system of allocating hours fairly, and no one say it is on lowest hours first or alternating hours between individual ground schools, because that's not the case. I must admit though, i'd hate to be a scheduler, too hard!
Interesting times ahead! Didn't someone post on here recently, or maybe another thread, that if in the next EBA they manage to extend the time zone to 5 hours, short haul will possibly be getting Mumbai too????? hmmmmmmm
we must be all telling porkies about allocations because the union says it just doesnt happen.......sounds strange for desk 1 to negotiate an eba and desk 2 to agree..i think its a very strange situation????...in any case upsetting staff by favouring others is counter productive for qf anyway.poeple want to work less/ i know i have.
the situation of how crewing allocate and how certain people seem to get trips all the time etc has been brought up with Maurice and the union yet nothing seems to happen. I am happy that i have been getting the hours anyway and i don't know anyone in central, haha, infact i don't even call i wait for them to call me (apparently what we should be doing anyway per Maurice), but i can understand that if you aren't getting the hours, i understand people calling central & asking if there's any duties, makes sense i guess.
As said previously, i don't think they realise how much casuals can stuff the system around either, they will soon realise if they keep stuffing casuals around.
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