Qantas Recruitment
Probably pretty good. A career in a legacy carrier is best experienced by joining as early as you can. 40% of the pilot group will hit retirement in the next 15 years, so if you join at 25 and take the first command available you may spend almost 2/3rds of your career in the LHS.
Thanks Geoff, Alan et al. You have left a proud legacy.
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Yup, given narrow body command will probably be about 10 years seniority this training year, they’ll probably feel pretty good about things. It took the rest of us 20 years to get that opportunity, so we’re all pretty embittered. That breakdown in the relationship is unlikely to ever be repaired, for me at least.
Thanks Geoff, Alan et al. You have left a proud legacy.
Thanks Geoff, Alan et al. You have left a proud legacy.
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Anyway, sorry for the thread drift, but it’s perhaps still relevant for new joiners to understand recent history.
I’ll leave things alone here unless I have something useful to contribute.
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Lesson here is don’t join the QF group.
It’s too late for me (kids, schools etc), but my honest advice is to leave Australian aviation behind. Don’t sign on to B scale and have third world conditions. years of sitting as an SO and FO (if you’re lucky).
go to emirates, Singapore, US, QATAR, Japan, etihad, China, ATLAS…even an Indian contract.
I’d include CX , but they lost the plot during Covid.
you’ll get medical, schooling, housing, real staff travel, yearly bonus (check recent emirates and Singapore announcements).
Aussie industry is ruined. Smart people will get hours and leave asap.
It’s too late for me (kids, schools etc), but my honest advice is to leave Australian aviation behind. Don’t sign on to B scale and have third world conditions. years of sitting as an SO and FO (if you’re lucky).
go to emirates, Singapore, US, QATAR, Japan, etihad, China, ATLAS…even an Indian contract.
I’d include CX , but they lost the plot during Covid.
you’ll get medical, schooling, housing, real staff travel, yearly bonus (check recent emirates and Singapore announcements).
Aussie industry is ruined. Smart people will get hours and leave asap.
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Lesson here is don’t join the QF group.
It’s too late for me (kids, schools etc), but my honest advice is to leave Australian aviation behind. Don’t sign on to B scale and have third world conditions. years of sitting as an SO and FO (if you’re lucky).
go to emirates, Singapore, US, QATAR, Japan, etihad, China, ATLAS…even an Indian contract.
I’d include CX , but they lost the plot during Covid.
you’ll get medical, schooling, housing, real staff travel, yearly bonus (check recent emirates and Singapore announcements).
Aussie industry is ruined. Smart people will get hours and leave asap.
It’s too late for me (kids, schools etc), but my honest advice is to leave Australian aviation behind. Don’t sign on to B scale and have third world conditions. years of sitting as an SO and FO (if you’re lucky).
go to emirates, Singapore, US, QATAR, Japan, etihad, China, ATLAS…even an Indian contract.
I’d include CX , but they lost the plot during Covid.
you’ll get medical, schooling, housing, real staff travel, yearly bonus (check recent emirates and Singapore announcements).
Aussie industry is ruined. Smart people will get hours and leave asap.
Lesson here is don’t join the QF group.
It’s too late for me (kids, schools etc), but my honest advice is to leave Australian aviation behind. Don’t sign on to B scale and have third world conditions. years of sitting as an SO and FO (if you’re lucky).
go to emirates, Singapore, US, QATAR, Japan, etihad, China, ATLAS…even an Indian contract.
I’d include CX , but they lost the plot during Covid.
you’ll get medical, schooling, housing, real staff travel, yearly bonus (check recent emirates and Singapore announcements).
Aussie industry is ruined. Smart people will get hours and leave asap.
It’s too late for me (kids, schools etc), but my honest advice is to leave Australian aviation behind. Don’t sign on to B scale and have third world conditions. years of sitting as an SO and FO (if you’re lucky).
go to emirates, Singapore, US, QATAR, Japan, etihad, China, ATLAS…even an Indian contract.
I’d include CX , but they lost the plot during Covid.
you’ll get medical, schooling, housing, real staff travel, yearly bonus (check recent emirates and Singapore announcements).
Aussie industry is ruined. Smart people will get hours and leave asap.
Qantas is a holiday camp even its current state compared to operations in that part of the world, SQ even with the bonus youd be on the bones of your a$$ and Qatar you'll never be home and in fear of your job everyday. Maybe just leave EK, EY and ATLAS in the mix haha
Fair point but you have clearly not worked in Asia, ME or India.
Qantas is a holiday camp even its current state compared to operations in that part of the world, SQ even with the bonus youd be on the bones of your a$$ and Qatar you'll never be home and in fear of your job everyday. Maybe just leave EK, EY and ATLAS in the mix haha
Qantas is a holiday camp even its current state compared to operations in that part of the world, SQ even with the bonus youd be on the bones of your a$$ and Qatar you'll never be home and in fear of your job everyday. Maybe just leave EK, EY and ATLAS in the mix haha
I’ve never heard more than a handful per year resigning from mainline to pursue a career in a different carrier. The subsidiaries, yes, they have a lot of outflow, but it hasn’t hit mainline yet.
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As far as I am aware, they give you roughly three months notice of your start date, base and fleet to allow you enough time to resign from your subsidiary. I think those saying 2027 are ball parking it based on previous groups that have gone through the process.
All subject to change obviously.
I’ve heard it’s been the go this round to give Yes/No relatively soon after interview, but dates will come out all at once. (Have heard other ideas too so uncertain)
QF and the subsidiary will blame each other about the amount and order of releases, at least that’s the case at the turbos. It’s probably a mix of both sides needs.
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