It is interesting to note people who are complaining about not being trained on a new type who managed to keep their job without being shafted unlike 65 other LAMEs who just got their job back. These 65 engineers also haven't been trained in years if not decades who took the bullet based on Qantas 'criteria'!
I just hope a playing field that has been the way it has been for so long gets ironed out and treated fairly for those who do get selected for type training (if a training course ever occurs again in house). Whilst I don't believe it is right to source your own training externally, unfortunately I think it will become the way of the future for companies even as large as QF is, to reduce their costs.