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Old 12th Apr 2018, 12:44
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Originally Posted by Australopithecus
Mango QF can’t hire 737 direct F/O due to the pilots' contract. They can and do however offer F/O before S/O training starts. I think around 35 new hires chose that option.

Qantas has far fewer applicants than they did ten years ago. So much so that QF is planning to start an academy to train 500 pilots/yr...200+ of whom will be for the QF group.
Who is going to train them?!
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