Qlink's future.
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For all you knobs and strokers out there who think qantaslink are getting jets, feast your little jet-dreary eyes on this little number from the union;
Jet Opportunities
Finally, there have been a number of rumours regarding jet equipment. We do not usually respond to rumours however there comes a point at which we feel compelled to respond. To date there have been no discussions with the Company regarding the Eastern-Sunstate pilot groups having the opportunity to operate any new jet equipment. Both pilot councils have officially expressed a willingness to discuss any possibilities or opportunities and we await the Company's response.
Jet Opportunities
Finally, there have been a number of rumours regarding jet equipment. We do not usually respond to rumours however there comes a point at which we feel compelled to respond. To date there have been no discussions with the Company regarding the Eastern-Sunstate pilot groups having the opportunity to operate any new jet equipment. Both pilot councils have officially expressed a willingness to discuss any possibilities or opportunities and we await the Company's response.
Soup,
It's only the newbies who seem to care about the jets. The only things they care more about is why their command is taking more than 12 months and how many flighties think they're 'hawt'
A fair few of the older and mid seniority folk are more interested in LWOP so they can go and see if the grass is greener somewhere else!
It's only the newbies who seem to care about the jets. The only things they care more about is why their command is taking more than 12 months and how many flighties think they're 'hawt'
A fair few of the older and mid seniority folk are more interested in LWOP so they can go and see if the grass is greener somewhere else!
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Qantas or a subsidiary operating 717's into CBR before the end of the year, from a high source in QF. Supposedly on commuter routes MEL/SYD when loads dictate.
I'll let you all join the dots as to where the 717's are coming from.
I'll let you all join the dots as to where the 717's are coming from.
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How do I change the subject to: Network to get A3... (19's/20's)
My source is from a few new F100 guys I met out on the sauce over the weekend in Melb who were doing their conversion from the Braz to Jet, they were told to not buy any green bananas..
My source is from a few new F100 guys I met out on the sauce over the weekend in Melb who were doing their conversion from the Braz to Jet, they were told to not buy any green bananas..
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Reliable source informs me of 2 new starters at QLink, both with lots of PA31 experience. Plain white chieftain seen in a hangar in BNE with a can of red paint on the ground near it. Coincidence???? I think not.....
Watch this space QLink fans
Watch this space QLink fans
And it looks like another possible new competitor in NSW (in the sense that they are trying to deprive QF of traffic that travels DBO-SYD-MEL)...........
Connect Jet - Home
Connect Jet - Home
On that note, do VARA use the same callsign as Virgin's "Velocity"? (I'm not flying in Aus at the moment so have not heard their calls)
Qlink's future.
VA to drop the "A" suffix from ATR flight ident soon. Apparently they need to list the actual flight number and not compromise the number to accommodate the letter suffix.
The "D" suffix for Q400 is to highlight the significant performance difference to ATC over other common everyday garden-type Dash 8s
The "D" suffix for Q400 is to highlight the significant performance difference to ATC over other common everyday garden-type Dash 8s
Not that it does us any good mind you!...Especially coming into Brisbane at the moment! I no longer tell my flight attendants we have tailwinds on the way home as I know we will be told to slow down anyway.
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Lack of simulator availability especially on the Q400. There's only one sim with about 350 or so pilots doing FOUR cyclics per year 
. The classic isn't as bad but now that the Q400 stable nears 30 airframes (to be finalised at 32 by mid next year?) it's becoming a little problematic. Coupled with (rather) frequent break downs of the blasted thing just compounds the issue.
I notice on the Joining QLink thread that newbies are saying the sky is falling - hardly the case.
Ground schools are numbering 10-16 new crew every six weeks. At the moment we've got a whole bunch of FOs sitting on training reserve for around 3-5 months on full salary doing nothing. Makes pretty bad business sense to continue to outlay that sort of expenditure (but then again the Group hasn't entirely been ingenious in that department either). So the training has been put on hiatus until this new glut has been cleared.
Management have also stated that they will be restructuring to a twice yearly sim system with the Q400 sims in Seattle and Toronto being utilised again to handle the back log until a more permanent solution has been found.
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. The classic isn't as bad but now that the Q400 stable nears 30 airframes (to be finalised at 32 by mid next year?) it's becoming a little problematic. Coupled with (rather) frequent break downs of the blasted thing just compounds the issue. I notice on the Joining QLink thread that newbies are saying the sky is falling - hardly the case.
Ground schools are numbering 10-16 new crew every six weeks. At the moment we've got a whole bunch of FOs sitting on training reserve for around 3-5 months on full salary doing nothing. Makes pretty bad business sense to continue to outlay that sort of expenditure (but then again the Group hasn't entirely been ingenious in that department either). So the training has been put on hiatus until this new glut has been cleared. Management have also stated that they will be restructuring to a twice yearly sim system with the Q400 sims in Seattle and Toronto being utilised again to handle the back log until a more permanent solution has been found.
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