REX are currently deploying airline crew and aircraft to service an increasing amount of mining charter work in Queensland. Once the domain of REX's subsiduary PEL-AIR. This has resulted, and will continue at an increasing rate, to result in disruptions to RPT services further south.
To enable REX to exploit even greater opportunities in QLD, a significant increase in the number of pilots for PEL-AIR may be necessary. Unfortunately (for pilots) PEL-AIR crews are on inferior wages and conditions compared to their REX counterparts. When you consider REX pilots are currently lagging some 15-20% behind their counterparts in this regard, it doesn't take a degree in Human resources to figure out why REX have found it next to impossible to recruit and then retain pilots at PEL-AIR!
Be careful if REX recruitment dangle a position at PEL-AIR in front of you. PEL-AIR, essentially a charter company have traditionally retained only those types happy to work in such a niche environment. If REX are able to employ pilots into PEL-AIR, and attach strings to retain them, then you guys may be just what they're looking for?
