Virgin Australia recruitment
Spot on
why miss any of that stuff. Haven’t missed anniversary, wife or kids bday in 16 years. Take a PRA. F&$k em. It’s a job, not a life. The only thing that matters about it is that the pay appears each fortnight. Remove the attachment and life will be much better. You dont owe them anything. As COVID showed, they’ll drop you in a heartbeat without batting an eyelid.
’We are one big family’ except with finances and when the next GFC strikes, then you you are on your own regardless of your mortgage, kids school fees, bills etc..
You owe these airlines nothing, stop being ‘So grateful for the opportunity’ like you see on job social media sites all the time..
When times are tough the board of directors get pay rises, you get fired and the cycle starts all over again.
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Taking a PRA does not jack on the company - it jacks on a workmate who now has to fly the shift you are being paid for. If you need a birthday off
a morally intact person should do an organised swap. I've always felt a PRA is a dog act on a mate.
a morally intact person should do an organised swap. I've always felt a PRA is a dog act on a mate.
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Swapping is not that simple. If your work mate is on standby they now get 4 hours minimum pay to cover you. If they choose to work a day off they get 5 hours. The lack of an actual usable swap system and CMS aa promised is not the fault of the crew.
Not at Virgin. They’re so short on pilots it means one of your workmates would probably get a day off payment because they’ve nominated to work. Everybody wins on a sickie!
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the only time it’s a ‘dog act’ is Xmas day.
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indeed. You may have done them a favour -instead of getting zero $$ if not called out they get minimum 4.
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So from limited intel I have VA checkies mostly hate life and endeavor to make everyone around them hate life too.
Honesty whats up with that? It just so toxic!
After 25 years and 10k+ hours Im out you have fixed me you strange arse truckers.
New Recruits run for the hills, Much better options than this b grade airline IMO.
Honesty whats up with that? It just so toxic!
After 25 years and 10k+ hours Im out you have fixed me you strange arse truckers.
New Recruits run for the hills, Much better options than this b grade airline IMO.
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So from limited intel I have VA checkies mostly hate life and endeavor to make everyone around them hate life too.
Honesty whats up with that? It just so toxic!
After 25 years and 10k+ hours Im out you have fixed me you strange arse truckers.
New Recruits run for the hills, Much better options than this b grade airline IMO.
Honesty whats up with that? It just so toxic!
After 25 years and 10k+ hours Im out you have fixed me you strange arse truckers.
New Recruits run for the hills, Much better options than this b grade airline IMO.
I think you will find the group that dislikes the place are line captains, and FOs who are stuck in a the never ending upgrade queue.
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Does anyone in the know, know if Virgin plans on recruiting into the Perth base in the near future? All inactives over the past year seem to be getting directed to Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide so far.
You’re not a bitter old fart who hates the world because it’s not what it use to be. Remember the glory days? (I don’t, I’m too young).
by the looks of it you could dump 20 metric tonnes of gold on most (not all) of their doorsteps and they’d still look down their nose, over their bifocals, take a sip of their $800 bottle of red wine, and tell you it’s not shiny enough
by the looks of it you could dump 20 metric tonnes of gold on most (not all) of their doorsteps and they’d still look down their nose, over their bifocals, take a sip of their $800 bottle of red wine, and tell you it’s not shiny enough
How is VA's current recruitment drive for FOs going does anyone know? Are they getting the quantity of applicants they hoped for? I hear rumors that with such a large portion of the eligible demographic having gone state-side, these aussie jet FO gigs may be easy grabs.
Since it looks like they've plumbed the depths of those that want to come back (for the moment at least), have any externals been offered start dates yet?
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I know they are interviewing a few each month up until at least June. All have been told there are start dates from May onwards, whether that materialises is yet to be seen but my guess is successful externals will start in the second half of 2023.
Out West.
I see VARA’s F100’s are being replaced by ex KLM 737-700’s which I understand are going onto the VA AOC, not VARA’s , but the 737 crews will be VARA employees?
