Merged: QANTASLINK Crewing Crisis!

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There will be no progression from the regionals to mainline while GD is driving Q.... for the record eastern pilots did not knock back career progression into qantas it was never offered, career progression is, when your number comes up you get the chance to bid for another type, all qantas wanted and has ever offered is to be able to pick and chose! you have always if selected had to resign from the regionals and start again. the latest agreement makes it even harder to move from the regionals to qantas as you have to have two years worth of high scores on cyclic sessions as well as all the other requirements.
there is one exception to the rule the cadets who are placed in the regionals have a Qantas Seniority Number and will move on to mainline after two years! But the pilots who trained them and the captains who they flew with are not able....
Well done qantas management setting up a training organization (qantaslink) for Virgin....