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All still seems to be a bit dead on this thread!
Hearing varied reports from people that made it to the Sim. Some got a thanks but no thanks email the same day and others got reference check emails and then got cut a month later. Anyone understand the methodology behind this? Assuming the referees didn't give a bad reference of course...🤔 Does a reference check mean you were borderline?
Hearing varied reports from people that made it to the Sim. Some got a thanks but no thanks email the same day and others got reference check emails and then got cut a month later. Anyone understand the methodology behind this? Assuming the referees didn't give a bad reference of course...🤔 Does a reference check mean you were borderline?
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All still seems to be a bit dead on this thread!
Hearing varied reports from people that made it to the Sim. Some got a thanks but no thanks email the same day and others got reference check emails and then got cut a month later. Anyone understand the methodology behind this? Assuming the referees didn't give a bad reference of course...🤔 Does a reference check mean you were borderline?
Hearing varied reports from people that made it to the Sim. Some got a thanks but no thanks email the same day and others got reference check emails and then got cut a month later. Anyone understand the methodology behind this? Assuming the referees didn't give a bad reference of course...🤔 Does a reference check mean you were borderline?
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What’s the point of a reference check? By the time you’ve been around the traps long enough if you’ve got any gumption you must’ve had a run in or two with your superiors..in this environment of pilot shortages and training delays even if you’re squeaky clean I wouldn’t trust your average self serving management pilot to not give you a bad reference. So most guys and girls will just get a buddy from back in the day to do it.
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I know of 6 people who went through the whole process (including reference checks) and then received a 'no' around 4-6 weeks later. I don't understand Qlink's logic in that process? If they're going to knock someone back, why not do it prior to ref checks rather than getting their hopes up.
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Hi all,
Just wondering if QLink are accepting applications from holders of international ATPL licences (think EASA), who are Australian citizens? If so, do they help the applicant to transfer to a CASA issued ATPL, after successful application process?
I'm probably just dreaming really!
Just wondering if QLink are accepting applications from holders of international ATPL licences (think EASA), who are Australian citizens? If so, do they help the applicant to transfer to a CASA issued ATPL, after successful application process?
I'm probably just dreaming really!
Hi all,
Just wondering if QLink are accepting applications from holders of international ATPL licences (think EASA), who are Australian citizens? If so, do they help the applicant to transfer to a CASA issued ATPL, after successful application process?
I'm probably just dreaming really!
Just wondering if QLink are accepting applications from holders of international ATPL licences (think EASA), who are Australian citizens? If so, do they help the applicant to transfer to a CASA issued ATPL, after successful application process?
I'm probably just dreaming really!
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Ok glad I'm not the only one that got a reference check and then binned. So passing the interview gets you the sim...and passing the Sim gets you a reference check, is that what you're saying? I find it hard to believe so many peoples references would have failed them at the last hurdle...
Donkey,
By the time Qlink finally offered me an interview my IPC had lapsed for about 18 months. I had been flying regularly during this time. I made HR fully aware of this but they told me to come for an interview anyway.
So after booking flights and making a hotel reservation for 3 days I was told after my first interview that due to my lack of recent instrument flying I would not progress to the sim stage. I showed the email from HR to the Capt who was interviewing me and he said I shouldn't have come to interview with a lapsed IPC. I told the Capt I could have the IPC done in a few days which he replied "you can't do an IPC renewal in a few days".
The hiring dept at Qlink have some strange ideas.
By the time Qlink finally offered me an interview my IPC had lapsed for about 18 months. I had been flying regularly during this time. I made HR fully aware of this but they told me to come for an interview anyway.
So after booking flights and making a hotel reservation for 3 days I was told after my first interview that due to my lack of recent instrument flying I would not progress to the sim stage. I showed the email from HR to the Capt who was interviewing me and he said I shouldn't have come to interview with a lapsed IPC. I told the Capt I could have the IPC done in a few days which he replied "you can't do an IPC renewal in a few days".
The hiring dept at Qlink have some strange ideas.
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Donkey,
By the time Qlink finally offered me an interview my IPC had lapsed for about 18 months. I had been flying regularly during this time. I made HR fully aware of this but they told me to come for an interview anyway.
So after booking flights and making a hotel reservation for 3 days I was told after my first interview that due to my lack of recent instrument flying I would not progress to the sim stage. I showed the email from HR to the Capt who was interviewing me and he said I shouldn't have come to interview with a lapsed IPC. I told the Capt I could have the IPC done in a few days which he replied "you can't do an IPC renewal in a few days".
The hiring dept at Qlink have some strange ideas.
By the time Qlink finally offered me an interview my IPC had lapsed for about 18 months. I had been flying regularly during this time. I made HR fully aware of this but they told me to come for an interview anyway.
So after booking flights and making a hotel reservation for 3 days I was told after my first interview that due to my lack of recent instrument flying I would not progress to the sim stage. I showed the email from HR to the Capt who was interviewing me and he said I shouldn't have come to interview with a lapsed IPC. I told the Capt I could have the IPC done in a few days which he replied "you can't do an IPC renewal in a few days".
The hiring dept at Qlink have some strange ideas.
There are people that pass all stages of testing, then give good references and get a no, others turn up with 3 atpl subjects complete and are told “finish ur atpls and you’ll be on the next ground school”
One applicant came from NZ for an interview only to be told on the day “a NZ cpl isn’t acceptable”...
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Ok glad I'm not the only one that got a reference check and then binned. So passing the interview gets you the sim...and passing the Sim gets you a reference check, is that what you're saying? I find it hard to believe so many peoples references would have failed them at the last hurdle...
By knocking them all out at sim and reference check stage, they can justify bring in South Africans by the truck load.
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Donkey,
By the time Qlink finally offered me an interview my IPC had lapsed for about 18 months. I had been flying regularly during this time. I made HR fully aware of this but they told me to come for an interview anyway.
So after booking flights and making a hotel reservation for 3 days I was told after my first interview that due to my lack of recent instrument flying I would not progress to the sim stage. I showed the email from HR to the Capt who was interviewing me and he said I shouldn't have come to interview with a lapsed IPC. I told the Capt I could have the IPC done in a few days which he replied "you can't do an IPC renewal in a few days".
The hiring dept at Qlink have some strange ideas.
By the time Qlink finally offered me an interview my IPC had lapsed for about 18 months. I had been flying regularly during this time. I made HR fully aware of this but they told me to come for an interview anyway.
So after booking flights and making a hotel reservation for 3 days I was told after my first interview that due to my lack of recent instrument flying I would not progress to the sim stage. I showed the email from HR to the Capt who was interviewing me and he said I shouldn't have come to interview with a lapsed IPC. I told the Capt I could have the IPC done in a few days which he replied "you can't do an IPC renewal in a few days".
The hiring dept at Qlink have some strange ideas.
SHAME!
Thanks for the vote of sympathy. Its their loss. I am going to the US to fly for a Regional like the 150+ other Aussies who are there already.
All of whom tried and failed to get interviews with REX, Cobham etc or were even left hanging on the Qlink hold file for 12 months.
These people are all flying ERJ's and CRJ's now but according to Australian based airlines weren't qualified to even sit in a Dash.
All of whom tried and failed to get interviews with REX, Cobham etc or were even left hanging on the Qlink hold file for 12 months.
These people are all flying ERJ's and CRJ's now but according to Australian based airlines weren't qualified to even sit in a Dash.
These people are all flying ERJ's and CRJ's now but according to Australian based airlines weren't qualified to even sit in a Dash
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
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This whole reference check thing is weird... Are you guys totally sure that the references said good stuff? It just seems bizzare to say no at a reference check stage doesn’t it.
So Qantas has lobbied the Government to special work visa exemptions to hire foreign pilots and local applicants could possibly be deemed "not competitive" because they had two goes at Flight Planning?
Are they hiring dash pilots or astronauts?
Are they hiring dash pilots or astronauts?