Originally Posted by
Tecgeo
My son was invited to join the Qantas future pilot program. After successfully completing the 12 week transition program at Adelaide he was told he needed to go and get 12 months experience. My son has now racked up $40,000 dollars worth of debt to fund this invitation from Qantas and lost working income during that period.. All th way along he was led to believe that upon completion he would be sent to Sydney for paid training.
Another example of of big business in Australia acting unethically. How can a corporate entity like Qantas get away with such miserable behaviour?
I’m no apologist for Qantas but here are a couple of thoughts.
I strongly suspect your son son wasn’t invited. It’s a presumption on my part but I reckon he applied and was accepted.
How did he perform whilst there? Given the desperation of QLink to get new starters the fact he was told to go and get some experience would indicate to me that he’s either rubbed someone up the wrong way or he’s shot himself in the foot.
He knew the debt issue going in. He was always free to say ‘no’ to the ‘invitation’ but given it wasn’t really an invitation at all then he (and you) should have been eyes wide open as to how this might play out.
Now, I don’t know your son from a brick and maybe QLink have acted unconscionably in this matter but there is a part of the story that we are missing here. Care to fill in some blanks?
It’s important for everyone to understand that the QFPP is
not for mainline but for QLink. They’re just using the Qantas name as a branding exercise to make it seem as though an A380 or 747 flight deck is just a couple of years away. Given that is the starting point is it any surprise when other stuff isn’t quite as it seems?