G'day Julie,
Qantas and Qantaslink uniforms are identical. The link used to have different wings, but that changed around 18 months ago.
As others pointed out, we get our uniforms from the store; no special ceremony. Don't know about any special ceremony on promotion, but you do get a mention in the latest monthly newsletter (
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Personally I hate the pilot caps. They are an anachronism and come from a time when everybody wore a hat in public. IMHO, they don't have a place in the modern era.
Besides, we only ever wear our pilot caps when in publc view (i.e. in the terminal). They are taken off once we're in the flightdeck. If I want to reduce glare or when the sun is in an unfortunate position, I'll wear a baseball cap.
Cheers,
DIVOSH!
P.S. The majors in Oz are recruiting again, so it wont be more than a couple of years before you've got the quals yourself.
Good luck with it.