HI Wing8,
sorry I have taken so long to reply to your message. I have had a very hectic fews days at work and needed to catch up on lots of sleep
I am Brissie based with Virgin Blue so I really can't comment from first hand experience about MEL base, but I can give you a little bit of second hand info.
As you may know the MEL base was only opened in Feb this year so it has been going through a few teething problems. Lack of o'nights was one of the main issues as well as long days and being drafted on days off. To add to this DJ, due to our fast growth, has had a recent change of crewing system that has come with its own teething problems.
From what I understand the conditions in MEL have improved in recent months with the number of o'nights steadily increasing as well as the new system working out most rostering issues. MEL based crew spend most of thier time between Tassie, ADL, PER and SYD, but as anyone in this industry knows nothing is set in cement and you could see yourself in CNS or TSV.
I love working for Virgin Blue and believe that if you are thinking of joining the company now is a great time. We should be flying to local international ports within the next couple of months which will add a whole new chapter to the company.
Good luck with your interview and feel free to message me any time.
love SMILE
