the email they sent out that said they no longer need to recruit CC for BNE ... does this mean "ever again" ???
Possibly. BNE was Virgin Blue's first Cabin Crew base, and is somewhat the 'senior' base, with lots of good trips compared to other bases - not saying MEL & SYD don't have good pairings also.
There is always people on the transfer list to transfer to BNE base, and it would seem now when the need to recruit for BNE arises, they plan to activate the transfer list and fill vacancies that way, and recruit directly into other bases, namely SYD.
This is what I have heard, and what seems to have occured recently. Things always change though, and obviously if they don't have enough crew on the transfer list that they need then they'll have to recruit directly into the base.
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