The only people they have said "no" to are direct entry's from GA/Regional, sorry boys it's all over.
Just another variation of the scare campaign -- "no guaranteed job"
QF group have a very long history of looking after their cadet groups whether they be from mainline, jetstar, qlink. As long as they have the work ethic and good attitude , they get plenty of chances. A lot of QF cadets were offered and subsequently accepted places in Jetstar cadetship, QF mainline cadets upgraded at Qlink etc.
Nearly 100 cadets on the propery, and same number in the the pipeline. All intakes at Jetstar now will be from two sources only firstly Qantas transfers/redundant/lwop, and then cadets.
Lets have a look at the number of GA/Regional that got RPT jet jobs over past two years.
- QF - zero
- Virgin - zero
- Jetstar - less than 50
Oh but wait there is Tiger - whoo hoo !! whoo hoo !!
The future is so bright you have to wear shades !
Enjoy the Desert boys looks like you will out there for just a little bitsy longer - what wise investment twas to self sponsor and pay
that $100K for training, when you knew you had slim employment prospects at the end, and no company had indicated to you pre-training
that they might have an interest in employing you.
Clearly Regional/GA pilots in Australia know they have realistically zero chance of an RPT Jet Job , for at least a couple of years. So you try to drag
the cadet programs down because you are jealous of where they are going, but the they got the airline job sorted prior to commencing training. You guys didn't and have been caught out - hence the tall poppy syndrome.
Go Straight to the Jet - Go Cadet