Virgin Australia recruitment
Originally Posted by Jetsbest
Certainly, in the last 15 years, there has been at least one Virgin pilot join Qantas, reassess the reality, and return to Virgin at the bottom of the list again. I'm not saying the decision was taken lightly, but perception can be misleading.😕😉
Originally Posted by Fonz121
Next QF ground course has nine VA pilots on it.
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Originally Posted by davidclarke
Yep word is the QF course that started yesterday had 10 VA group pilots out of a total of 16 on the course. Wow.
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Recency
pilotchute,
Do they have an informal requirement such as xxx hours TT or IFR in the last 6 months, or was it regulatory recency?
Some carriers dont list recent experience requirements in their criteria. It comes out during the knock back stage.
Thanks.
A very good friend of mine had her interview resheduled 3 times and by the time she finally got there was told she didn't meet the recency requirements
Some carriers dont list recent experience requirements in their criteria. It comes out during the knock back stage.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Far Canel
i would have thought with VA people moving to QF . Virgin recruitment would be far from dead?....
I say that because I know many people that have been in hold pool for over 5 months now and still heard nothing
Originally Posted by Superawsome
I say that because I know many people that have been in hold pool for over 5 months now and still heard nothing
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Originally Posted by Superawsome
I say that because I know many people that have been in hold pool for over 5 months now and still heard nothing
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DONT join as a ATR FO ( if you have a choice ) You will be stuck there forever under the 10% per base per year rule. You will be lucky to see a RH 737 in the same time you would as an RFO. The only guys on the SO list there after their 30mth freeze are those who have chosen to stay. Get your hands on a GDOJ list from someone you know and see for yourself. A significant pay difference to consider as well between the two.
You will hear lots about how the unions are planning on scraping that 10% rule. Don’t make decisions based on speculation, especially at Virgin. I’ll just say that again ESPECIALLY AT VIRGIN!!
If you’re in a position to move to a major then go jet and only jet. Don’t be stupid and think you’re to good for an RFO slot. There are currently ex fast jet drivers there who understand it’s the quickest way to a RH seat in a 737. Also a few from the 737 who have taken RFO slots purely for the lifestyle.
Tiger.... um yeah... Well, you can go to Virgin and get a new set of RMs every three years or get $21 per year uniform allowance. I’ll let you figure that one out... ( don’t quote me on the $21, but it’s shithouse figure what ever it is ) and let’s just remember that all the Tiger new hires are falling over themselves to get onto the Virgin GDOJ... says a lot. Probably cause they spend all their money on car parking at ML they can’t afford RMs ... ( relax, being facetious! )
VANZ is a pretty good option, I think commuting will get very hard soon so if able I’d suggest you move over. Get yourself a 737 TR and a few hours on type and the world just opened up to you !! A few recently have gone from VANZ to China jobs and making some pretty good coin.
F100 with VARA is another option. It’s jet and few more A320s heading to the West.
You’ve gotta remember that you just need to get onto a GDOJ list and do your time. At the end of the day you will most likely spend the majority of your time in the LH seat of a 737 and you will only get that seat with time. It really doesn’t matter what you join on, you just gotta start.
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You will hear lots about how the unions are planning on scraping that 10% rule. Don’t make decisions based on speculation, especially at Virgin. I’ll just say that again ESPECIALLY AT VIRGIN!!
If you’re in a position to move to a major then go jet and only jet. Don’t be stupid and think you’re to good for an RFO slot. There are currently ex fast jet drivers there who understand it’s the quickest way to a RH seat in a 737. Also a few from the 737 who have taken RFO slots purely for the lifestyle.
Tiger.... um yeah... Well, you can go to Virgin and get a new set of RMs every three years or get $21 per year uniform allowance. I’ll let you figure that one out... ( don’t quote me on the $21, but it’s shithouse figure what ever it is ) and let’s just remember that all the Tiger new hires are falling over themselves to get onto the Virgin GDOJ... says a lot. Probably cause they spend all their money on car parking at ML they can’t afford RMs ... ( relax, being facetious! )
VANZ is a pretty good option, I think commuting will get very hard soon so if able I’d suggest you move over. Get yourself a 737 TR and a few hours on type and the world just opened up to you !! A few recently have gone from VANZ to China jobs and making some pretty good coin.
F100 with VARA is another option. It’s jet and few more A320s heading to the West.
You’ve gotta remember that you just need to get onto a GDOJ list and do your time. At the end of the day you will most likely spend the majority of your time in the LH seat of a 737 and you will only get that seat with time. It really doesn’t matter what you join on, you just gotta start.
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Originally Posted by bunghole
I got a call a while back from HR at Virgin offering some feed back from my interview which I was very appreciative of.......... HR - You're not successful at this time as we were not sure on your motivation to work for Virgin. Me - But you asked me in the interview whether I would take a job with Tiger or Virgin so it seems a little strange that you would question my motivation to work for Virgin alone. HR- Ummmmmmmmm. HR - On a positive note you're sim was above average. Me- Great so I've demonstrated I have the ability to learn to fly the aircraft, so should be suitable for employment as an FO? HR - Well no. And also you need to learn more about our company and our aircraft types, numbers etc. Me - I know those and you didn't ask me a single question on any of the aforementioned topics. HR - Hmmmmmmmmmm. You can re-apply in 12 months. Me - Thank you kindly for the feedback.
I won't be applying again.
I won't be applying again.
But hey you did great in your sim and you will be able to learn, but still doesn't matter you didn't answer this question right. Never ceases to amaze me.
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Originally Posted by Biatch
WTF does aviation Australia do for Virgin in the selection process??
