Hi krusty , dont know what you have heard but at v aus there has been no cruise fo 's asked to persue alternate jobs, however due to the large time between training and commencement of the operation in late november quite a few guys have asked to go back and fly with previous employers for two reasons;
A- make liitle extra cash , cant blame them there and
B- maintain flying skills during the 2-3 month lag, especially with the crfo's
The management have actually supported this, which i think is very generous as technically they own your yearly flight hour alotment , and all this while still being paid buy V aus.
At the moment they seem to be having trouble recruiting enough fo's and promotion may happen faster than 2-3 yrs. Well you can only hope.
Hope that clears up a few rumours anyway, we just have to pray the oil price stabilisers in the near future for everyones sake. Although at rex the recruitment slowdown seems to be helping rex recoup pilot numbers and heard today that the pilot ranks are getting back up to normal numbers again, at last count i think they said they need somewhere around 235 pilots to comfortably run the schedule with reserves for sickleave.
Hope you all are well at rex and good luck!!
Especially with the eba negotiations.
