Rex recruiting coming to a town near you!
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Rex recruiting coming to a town near you!
Found this at the usual place
Looks like advertising overseas didn’t bear any fruit for these clever management folk.
Is this ‘road trip’ evidence of a last ditch effort for Rex to bolster the tech crew ranks?
Maybe they’ll head straight to the aero clubs and flying schools – they did say ‘all pilots interested’.
I feel for the guys and gals working there. It doesn’t look like your company is serious about fixing their crewing problem. Anything but paying pilots more money
REGIONAL EXPRESS - PILOT RECRUITMENT
The Rex Pilot Recruitment team will soon be visiting the following cities:
Perth: ######## July
Darwin: ####### July & ######## August
Cairns: ######## August
Brisbane: ######## August
We would like to meet all Pilots interested in joining the Rex Team.
The Rex Pilot Recruitment team will soon be visiting the following cities:
Perth: ######## July
Darwin: ####### July & ######## August
Cairns: ######## August
Brisbane: ######## August
We would like to meet all Pilots interested in joining the Rex Team.
Is this ‘road trip’ evidence of a last ditch effort for Rex to bolster the tech crew ranks?
Maybe they’ll head straight to the aero clubs and flying schools – they did say ‘all pilots interested’.
I feel for the guys and gals working there. It doesn’t look like your company is serious about fixing their crewing problem. Anything but paying pilots more money
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A Rex Pc member recently went to management and mentioned that a pay rise would help in stopping the massive exodus. Not surprisingly, they told him nothing would be done until the EBA is due in aug next year. And according to the C&T manager it's natural attrition....
A little late I reckon...........The horse has well and truly passed the finish post and been put back in the stable!!!!
A little late I reckon...........The horse has well and truly passed the finish post and been put back in the stable!!!!
I emailed interest to pilot recruitment at Rex on 29/6 spelling out my qualifications that nicely met with their requirements before they discounted their hours, and have had no reply. How serious are they, and why wouldn't the roadshow include a visit to Melbourne?
Kavorka,
You are right. The proposal however was put to the company some time ago.
There are a lot of fence sitters amongst the senior REX pilots. After some rigorous recruiting earlier in the year, there seems to be a pause by the major airlines whilst they organise, sim time, training sched's etc.. This is litterally the calm before the storm!
Once the big end of town starts recruiting in earnest, the blood will flow. Rumour has it that up to 80% of serving captains, not to mention probably most of the F/O's, have CV's in with other carriers. When the mass calls come, the senior guys will walk or stay dependant on what the company does.
Judging by what's been done so far, most will walk.
As far as scraping together the last of the low hour candidates out there; What's the point? There will be no-one left to train them!
Sheer madness!
You are right. The proposal however was put to the company some time ago.
There are a lot of fence sitters amongst the senior REX pilots. After some rigorous recruiting earlier in the year, there seems to be a pause by the major airlines whilst they organise, sim time, training sched's etc.. This is litterally the calm before the storm!
Once the big end of town starts recruiting in earnest, the blood will flow. Rumour has it that up to 80% of serving captains, not to mention probably most of the F/O's, have CV's in with other carriers. When the mass calls come, the senior guys will walk or stay dependant on what the company does.
Judging by what's been done so far, most will walk.
As far as scraping together the last of the low hour candidates out there; What's the point? There will be no-one left to train them!
Sheer madness!
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Did they try Kiwiland?
At the Saturday meeting in Adelaide, attended by approximately 30+ Rex pilots, the Chief pilot stated that there was no shortage of pilot applications, and that around 40 will be interviewed over the coming weeks!
There are no plans to improve REX pilots wages, and he believes that in 3 years time his desk will once again be full of resumes.
Management are playing a very dangerous game. If they are right they may prevail, albeit with a professional pilot group with centuries less overall experience. Those senior guys that don't walk will be asked to train what is left. Any takers?
If they are wrong, then REX is scr#wed!
But they did pick up the bar tab!
There are no plans to improve REX pilots wages, and he believes that in 3 years time his desk will once again be full of resumes.
Management are playing a very dangerous game. If they are right they may prevail, albeit with a professional pilot group with centuries less overall experience. Those senior guys that don't walk will be asked to train what is left. Any takers?
If they are wrong, then REX is scr#wed!
But they did pick up the bar tab!
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Its a company junket!!! If they dont get the pilots who cares. At least they can say they tried and they had fun in the process. Next road tour guys??
I would of thought that anybody with the experience would of thrown their hat in the ring already, or at least as soon as they had the experience
I would of thought that anybody with the experience would of thrown their hat in the ring already, or at least as soon as they had the experience
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Krusty 34
Seems a bit strange the CP advising staff that there is no shortage of potential recruits when they seem to be wasting plenty of shareholders money with their expensive advertising and junket trips which they never had to do in the past.
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Seems a bit strange the CP advising staff that there is no shortage of potential recruits when they seem to be wasting plenty of shareholders money with their expensive advertising and junket trips which they never had to do in the past.
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Tech Quiz
1. How do you propose to live in Australia on virtualy nothing as an F/O?
2. Rex pays peanuts. Does that make you a monkey?
3. Divorce on the grounds of poverty.. discuss
1. How do you propose to live in Australia on virtualy nothing as an F/O?
2. Rex pays peanuts. Does that make you a monkey?
3. Divorce on the grounds of poverty.. discuss
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The Peanut and the Monkey
So how do REX compare salary wise to other Regional Airlines?
Eastern?
M*cair?
Air North?
Maybe you should be asking yourself what came first, the peanuts or the monkeys?
Eastern?
M*cair?
Air North?
Maybe you should be asking yourself what came first, the peanuts or the monkeys?
Last edited by Shapeshifter; 19th Jul 2007 at 16:38.
Shapeshifter,
Eastern:
Captain $79,007 increasing to $89,554 after 10 years
First Officer $49,683 increasing to $54,978 after 10 years
REX:
Captain $67,991 increasing to $82,481 after 10 years.
First Officer $41,240 increasing to $50,715 after 10 years
Airnorth:
Metro - Captain $58,526
First Officer $39,192
Brasillia - Captain $62,324
First Officer $41,459
Not sure if Airnorth still have the Bandit, but rates quoted the same as Metro.
Not sure of M@cair, but think they may be less than REX.
Gidday Dog,
Strange indeed!
Eastern:
Captain $79,007 increasing to $89,554 after 10 years
First Officer $49,683 increasing to $54,978 after 10 years
REX:
Captain $67,991 increasing to $82,481 after 10 years.
First Officer $41,240 increasing to $50,715 after 10 years
Airnorth:
Metro - Captain $58,526
First Officer $39,192
Brasillia - Captain $62,324
First Officer $41,459
Not sure if Airnorth still have the Bandit, but rates quoted the same as Metro.
Not sure of M@cair, but think they may be less than REX.
Gidday Dog,
Strange indeed!
Last edited by KRUSTY 34; 19th Jul 2007 at 22:08. Reason: For clarity
KRUSTY 34...................
Maybe the Chief Pilot should spend a bit time and read:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=284631
It might just make him decide to 'believe' a bit differently perhaps?
The 'global' gap between demand for, and supply of, flight crew is increasing at full-speed.............NOW! Anyone in airline management who isn't putting in place strategies to retain existing crews and/or to attract replacements in the belief that there's always going to be an endless supply of wannabees is now well and truly in cloud cuckoo land!
It's the old story................failure to plan is planning to fail!
There are no plans to improve REX pilots wages, and [the Chief Pilot] believes that in 3 years time his desk will once again be full of resumes.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=284631
It might just make him decide to 'believe' a bit differently perhaps?
The 'global' gap between demand for, and supply of, flight crew is increasing at full-speed.............NOW! Anyone in airline management who isn't putting in place strategies to retain existing crews and/or to attract replacements in the belief that there's always going to be an endless supply of wannabees is now well and truly in cloud cuckoo land!
It's the old story................failure to plan is planning to fail!
Silly Old Git
there's always going to be an endless supply of wannabees is now well and truly in cloud cuckoo land!
The Chief pilot of REX is saying these things publicly. If he truely believes what he is saying then REX is probably in far greater trouble than we first thought.
If that's possible!
If that's possible!