Qantas Recruitment

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Pammy said:
'So apparently just about all Virgin SO's and many FOs (737) have put in for qantas. I wonder if Joyce is thinking I could ground the virgin 777 long haul for many many months if I just employ all of these Boeing endorsed, experienced, SOs that Virgin has. Must be tempting for him'. 9th Nov 2016 08:04

Pammy given the impediments to entry into aviation, despite the attempts to dumb it down, pilots are a strategic asset. American carriers bitten by demographics are realising this....

Like most things Australia is slow on the uptake and recognising pilots as assets and value adding to a company like Qantas would require an unwind of IR strategy dating back many many years...

Strategically focused carriers could cut the legs of from Qantas by opening bases in Australia....

Lucrative commuting contracts do the same thing.

Qantas was an employer of choice, a career path, that is long gone.
Oldmeadow et al has ensured that Qantas is just a job and could never conceive of the value add proposition a long term professional employee generates, their whole approach is it odds with this...