Originally Posted by
Transition Layer
In the allocations released yesterday, Melbourne 737 F/O is now junior to Perth and Adelaide.
I think you’ll find not enough S/Os are bidding for ADL or PER so Qantas cut the cloth to match the bids. A few months back a colleague was told he was a shoe in for a PER command. The lack of S/Os bidding for F/O PER means that is no longer the case. And he missed out. Qantas wants to keep Captain and F/O numbers the same in PER but they can’t get the PER base to the size they want due to lack of F/O bids. The flying still needs to be crewed so the end result is bigger bases where people are bidding to go and Qantas will have to wear increased accommodation costs in PER.