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Chinup,
I don't know why you care, but, it took a week for paper work to be sent out and Qantas contacted all my previous employers which took about another week. Give and take another few days and the whole process took almost 7 weeks. So that is plently of time to complete security checks.
Oh and by the way that 3 pile garbage your friend came up with is just that, TOTAL RUBBISH. Qantas isn't spending all this money on us for no reason, and heaps of people failed the course and were not allowed to resit, so stop acting like they are not being picky, because trust me they are. Qantas hired who they did because we were the best out of the 20,000 that were intrerviewed, I speak fluent Indonesian, Japanese and have been tested at University NSW and recieved level 6 for all of them. I have worked at some of the finest restaurants in Melbourne and am a black belt in karate. Any airline would be lucky to get me!