Have been reading through this thread and thought i would add my 2 cents.
A few years ago my best mate got into QF.... at the same time i got into CX. Needless to say we were both very happy. I was more then happy to move overseas as i had already spent a lot of time outside of Oz (PNG), however i did get a lot of S hit from my best mate. Most of it was because i was to potentially spend the rest of my career based outside of Australia.
What a difference a few years makes! Now as an FO and only 4 years to a command, I'm spending as much (if not more) time in Oz then he does as an SO. He is still 3-4 years from an upgrade and miserable....
My question to all those still in Oz.... why persist with an industry (albeit in a beautiful country) that is completely
?
This is not a QF versus CX post..... there are many great places to work within the region. My point is.... don't be closed minded, QF is not a career airline anymore.
there are other options