Qantaslink Recruiting and the $$$$$

[Hatchet Harry]

It's been interesting to follow the pay for a job saga at Sunnies and EAA..... Does anyone know what the latest is on the recruitment front?

Have they dropped the $18k for the endorsement yet?

Are they getting enough people to cough up for a start?

I had a sim/interview booked when this all came about and would still like the job..... but I withdrew my Application when I was told how much they were asking for

I just didn't have that sort of dough......

[grrowler]

I believe they are struggling a little to find people who are willing to pay the money (dropped to 10K at the moment i think) and still have the intelligence to pass all the recruiting steps.

Wait it out for a bit and i reckon you'll see the price drop further n further. All my mates have pulled their applications out.

[Erin Brockovich]

Keep the pressure on lads. It’s just a matter of time that this sh$t stops being peddled as industry standard practice! Wishful thinking but eventually the pay might go up as well to attract suitable applicants.

I believe the balance of power is starting to shift.

[Hatchet Harry]

Seems that things are looking a bit better for the Pilot's for a change.... dropping the cost down to $10k is a step in the right direction....

Still a rort though....

I posted on another topic about 1st year F/O pay at Sunnies being just over $47k and according to the EAA EBA I noticed that a 1st year F/O gets just over $44k.... Is this correct

Less money to live in Sydney

[KID Quality]

If Dad paid $20K do I get 2 goes?

[Hatchet Harry]

I think that you get a bunch of flowers on completion if you pay $20k...... and a showbag containing a sticker, key ring and pen.........

Does anyone have an accurate idea of a first year F/O's pay???

[Chris Higgins]

...and a sticker that says, "Two years ago, I could not spell pilot, but now I am one!"

[KID Quality]

Seriously though I would encourage Dad .................afterall he has known me better than anyone else possibly could! As he always has said "Virgil......you can do anything you choose!!!

[VH-ABC]

How about everyone that has an application in with EAA and Sunstate through pilot.staffcv just withdraws???

Would this affect their recruitment to any major extent?

Would be a nice stand to make by us all... working as a united front.

[Mr.Buzzy]

"Two years ago, I could not spell pilot, but now I am one!"

Chris,
your attempt at slandering junior pilots is only foiled by your incorrect quoting of the bumber sticker. It reads ( on my bumper anyway )

"2 years ago, I could not spell pilot, now I ARE one"

Apparently there is also sticker mentioning problems of spelling "Aviater, Aviata, Aviatur" as well

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[Boomerang]

First year F/O SYD, average allowances, 52K net 41K gross.

[Transition Layer]

Boomerang,

Think you meant the other way around, 52k gross and 41k net. We all knew what you meant anyway

TL

[swh]

You would pay $12,552.00 in tax on 52k taking into account medicare, sounds closer to 39k to me.

[Erin Brockovich]

Plus 10k for endo. Now closer to 29k. Wow what a deal!

[Boomerang]

TL is right. The 52K is all up including average allowances. Some allowances aren't taxed, hence a slightly better than expected after tax amount.

[Hatchet Harry]

Thanks Boomerang, much appreciated info

What's going to happen with the Q400's????

Are Qantas going to give the Q'Link Pilot's a pay rise to fly the Bigger machine???

and are only a selected few gonna fly the new toys......

and does anyone know how many are going to Sunnies and how many to EAA????

Too many questions from me

[Bill Smith]

With 2 pays to go until the end of the financial year I have paid around $10,500 tax and cleared $38,100.

Living in Sydney on one wage. It is a sobering experience! Actually I just can't afford to drink is more to the point.

Hopefully the superb efforts of the EPG will come to fruition and we will be paid closer to what we are worth.

If you were wondering if you could work harder and get a little extra, well I am sitting on about 850 hours for the year.

Great job, Great Guy's PAY

[Pimp Daddy]

and does anyone know how many are going to Sunnies and how many to EAA????

Lastest rumours around the traps is all 7 to Sunnies, and they'll fly them out of Sydney too.

Much wailing and gnashing of teeth over that one.

Certainly first 4 to Sunnies, who knows after that.

Given there are 5 or 6 -100s to be traded I dunno what that would mean if the Q400s all went to Sunnies.

[DeafStar]

Sunnies to fly the q400 out of Sydney? Where did you get that gem of info.

All I heard was Sunnies to get the first 4 and maybe all 7.

[Pimp Daddy]

Sunnies to fly the q400 out of Sydney? Where did you get that gem of info.

Well if they get all seven and they operate out of Sydney then it kind of fits doesn't it?