Hi Happy Rainbow,
Life in Cairns is great and most crew who moved here for the job have settled in well.
Flying has been affected by SARS as our destinations are are all in S. E Asia but things are about to start to pick up as the media hype has stopped and people are starting to travel again.
Next week we start flying to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo . Our inaugural flight is from Sydney Sun 29th. In July we also start Bali and our other SE Asia destinations are regaining momentum.
Unfortunately -re recruitment. 40 more Cabin Crew were taken on in March and that was just before the SARs "outbreak" and hype. Since then we have had a surplus of staff and leave of absence or advancement of annual leave has been given in June, to those who wanted it.
Things are looking good for further recruitment later in the year but I have heard that they have people on the books whose training schools were suspended with the sudden downturn.
Most recruitment is announced via the website
www.australianairlines.com.au
Keep your eye on that site later in the year and good luck
Hope all is well with you
downtheback