People, understand this.
Qantaslink needs a LOT of pilots. So much so that we will more than likely see more reductions in schedule, even quite a bit, maybe aeroplanes parked up. Despite what ever the "official" story is, its crewing.
Now before all you people scream "well give me a job then" know this:
The problem is not the lack of wannabe pilots, by a long shot. There are still way way more pilots on the hold file and in the system, experienced and keen to work there.
The problem IS - the training.
It is a big deal to train a qlink astronaut. The numbers above are accurate. It takes time and resources. Training resources is what is seriously lacking at the moment.
With all the movement going on (particularly to the mother ship) guess where all the trainers are not...
So there are few trainers to train trainers, examiners students, everything. Limited sim availability. The training department is stretched very thin.
Not sure whats going to happen really.