Ground engineering school 2.5 weeks
Sim about 1.5 weeks (around 7 sessions ending with sim check)
Another 2 weeks of ground studies (CRM, GPS/NPAs, FMS, CBTs etc etc)
Then around 6 or 7 weeks of line training.
Endorsement costs $10,000. You go on the payroll within a day or two of passing the sim check (so no pay for the first 4 weeks). You are then on full pay (no training wage).
Sim and ground engineering school done at the Qantas jet base.
Progression to captain....hmmm prob about 4 years at the moment give or take a couple of years
