with 2 years of high school left, I intend to make much use of these next years to build up the experience to join Qantas as a Flight Attendant. I have heard from crew working at the airlines that even though there are a fair few 19/20 year olds, most have had at least 12 months full time working experience prior to being accepted by Qantas
Would doing the 12 month David Jones traineeship be seen as good prior experience by the airline? It is in retail, but is based on customer service etc and involves both "classroom" and on the job training.
Would this be a good pathway to gaining the experience necessary to join Qantas, or would it be a better idea to just get a full time job in some other area?