Originally Posted by
under the radar 55
Can anyone please provide any info about external pilot recruitment numbers that the company need once the fleet & network review is completed? Also is a date set as to when the company will go public with its fleet & network review? What I have been told is that VANZ is short on numbers and they can't fully man a roster. All they are waiting for is the nod from management to run more endorsement courses. Can anyone shed any light on if the Aus operation is short on drivers? I'm still waiting for that phone call from HR about a start date and I bet lots of others are in the same boat as me.
The latest resource plan showed a need for the following pilots over the next 12 months:
12 x 777 SO positions
20 x Aus 737 FO positions
6 x NZ 737 FO positions
4 x ATR Captains positions
6 x ATR FO positions
Handful of WB Captain and FO positions
Those numbers typically don’t take into account further attrition during the year (say if QF started awarding start dates again).
And those numbers also typically don’t take into account backfilled positions (for example if the Company awards a 330 command to a 737 captain, they will then as an example replace that 737 captain with a 737 FO, who may be replaced by a 777 SO who may need to be replaced by someone on the hold file).
That list doesn’t cover TT or VARA West Coast positions.
And of course that list could change pending outcome of network review (which as a guess I would think would be pulling capacity out of NZ)!
Fingers crossed you don’t wait too long on the hold file.