At my current employer, every second Aussie I meet is an ex Qlink hold filer. If Qlink gave them start dates within a reasonable time frame or, at least been forthcoming with information and a little more open I guarantee most of them would be at Qlink. But they are not. Instead they are building jet time in the USA.
So..How about you don't leave people sitting on a hold file for 12-18 months with little/ no communication. These boys and girls have done everything asked of them through the selection process yet, you treat them with such disrespect. Pilots with GA experience sit on the hold file whilst you give UNSW cadets start dates.
They can either sit and wait for the chance to fly the space shuttle Q400 (knowing that they have a 1 in 1000 chance of ever getting into mainline) or, they can choose to go down a different path and get some jet experience. HMMMM yeh I wonder why they chose the USA.
