G'day Paul
1. Around 170 (We have more on the list, but that includes various mgt pilots who don't really fly, as well as people who are currently training)
2. When I joined 2 years ago, turnover was around 40%. GFC stopped all that, but now there is a trickle going to
VB/J*/TT, which may turn into a flood later this year.
3. YES!
4. NO! If you've already got a Dash endo, then no problem. Otherwise, do it with Qlink and get bonded.
5. Yes. Melb is the only base with a queue (only 3 bases in EAA). If you joined tomorrow as an FO, there are at least 10 people ahead of you. Get used to living in Sydney if you want to be based in Melbourne
6. Roster workload really depend on what fleet (300 or 400), base and status (i.e. Capt or FO).
Rosters are four weeks (not fortnightly) and we have minimum 8 days off per roster (sadly, min days off normally equals max days off
).
Hope that helps
DIVOSH!