Most schools don't do LOFT or Jet Orientation training because that is not what they have to provide. That is the job of the airlines.
If you want that style of training then look at the old Bae school in Adelaide or have a look at the college in Tamworth. Note, these are not the cheapest schools around. The Tamworth college used to train Airforce pilots (initial flying). I don't know if it still does.
The typical route of a pilot in Australia who doesn't instruct (or had a Qantas cadetship) is to get a CPL/CIR (command IR = twin) and then head north/west to get a VFR single engine job. Note, hard to get, not in the cities.
After about a year or two and you have ~1,000 hours you'll get onto the twins. (If the company has them). If not, you'll have to move on to bigger places and join the queue to get a twin job. It is imperative to get a min of 500 hours multi command time.
After most guys have 2-3,000 hours they move onto either bigger twins (eg Skytrans in Cairns) or see if they can get a turboprop job. Now you're introduced to multi crew operations and you learn there. (Note, all the while sending CV's to Qantas, Virgin Blue, National Jet hoping to shorten the time onto jets)
Assuming the jet guys are recruiting you now move onto the jets after you have done at least a year or so on the turboprops.
That is the standard way it is done in Australia. It can take up to 10 years to crack a jet job, or never.
Last edited by redsnail; 29th Jun 2004 at 11:19.