Raverflaver is right. It can be really hard to accept but for those without much experience of how the airline recruitment process works, you need to understand that this is in no way specific to MAM or Qantas and it's not some new, really unfair system or something like that. The recruitment selection is nothing but a numbers game and unfortunately, not every person who is invited to get their medical, security & reference checks will actually get the job. This has been happening to people who go through the process for years and years, and it will keep happening because they simply dont accept every single person who gets to the final stage because, as Raver put it,
"they say yes to 50 people, though really only need 40. They allow for a small percentage to change their mind, not commit or who may have gone with another airline."
Exactly. At the final review panel, each application is assessed and unfortunately, some people HAVE to be cut. It's just as simple as that, you can't take it personally because the people who are deciding who gets cut weren't at your interviews and have never had the chance to meet you in person.
Please keep in mind guys that there were people who had this experience with Ansett, Qantas (in the good old days when they recruited into QF directly), Emirates, etc etc etc. It's just part of the process and not, as some people think, because you have "obviously failed your medical or security check" or "your references weren't up to scratch". Sorry, but some of the information that is reported on here is just not true.