Originally Posted by
dr dre
I mean it’s all up to personal preference. But when mainline open up recruitment they get thousands of applicants. They have enough on the hold file to fill courses for a year (what other Aussie carrier can say that) and when they reopen applications again sometime in the next 12 months for only a few weeks they’ll get a few thousand more applications, that’ll stock the coffers for the next 3-4 years in the future.
Most Australians want to live in Australia, and mainline has the best T&Cs and overall career prospects of anyone based here. With the only exception being a quick command, you’ll have to go elsewhere for that.
I agree to a point, conditions are being eroded regularly at Mainline QF though, so who knows where you will stand in 10 years, especially when it takes so long to move through the ranks. Already Rex has overtaken QLink dash 8 pay so offers better pay and conditions than the equivalent QF sub. How long will mainline be the top conditions into the future. Granted Rex management keep kicking own goals in staff treatment, but QLink does much the same so who knows where either will be in a few years given the pilot drain. VA and Rex 737 operations might pull a rabbit out of the hat and suddenly start competing for workforce. So its very much in a state of flux at the moment wrt to pay and conditions in the industry.