Eric
QF will get a lot of free training with their order. Why not qualify Impulse drivers for free?
And they will so that leaves 70 Airbus slots.
75% ex-AN 320 F/O's content. So 25 or so interested in Jetstar. I would suggest most ex-AN Captains interested so that number roughly 75ish.
Australians in CX, EK and many others may pay for CCQ to come home.
70 slots and hundreds of takers. I predict a handful of our former AN colleagues employed on the Flight Deck but many elsewhere- Ground Staff, F/A's ect.
Strong arm unions have had their day. Remember though, you can only vote with your feet for so long, somebody will have to draw a line in the sand. We can't, jail here, but the guys at home can.
golow
It is a shame there was little help from AIPA. Learn from their mistakes.
One day a few Impulse guys will wake up on a dreary Victorian day, look at the window over the wind swept Sunbury plains, not be able to face another 4 sector day(no overnights) and think there a better life .
There is and the Airbus pilot market abroad is strengthening.
Strengthenen it further! Suck up some of the demand. Fill the slots with qualified Airbus drivers from abroad. Not just ex-AN but CX, EK etc.
In a small way you will help pilot conditions.
AN collapsed and QF replaced the displaced AN drivers from elsewhere. Just look at this in the context of pilot market forces and no other way. A pool of highly qualified pilots allowed crappy outfits like Jetconnect flourish.
All of a sudden QF pilots uncompetitive! Jetconnect-
VB the benchmark and Impulse the resultant.
The market will serve you but you must serve the market. Recruit the qualified Airbus drivers slots 130 onward!
Don't have a long haul view of the world.