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bullcrap! Most of the long time s/o’s Are highly experienced and would be offended by your concerns! I am. Pull your head in.
Are we to assume that you were such a good pilot when you joined that a 15 year break from takeoffs and landings will not in anyway have dulled your skills? Well good for you. I wish I could say the same but my extended stay in the back seat made my promotional training harder than it otherwise would have been and I have been glad for the many sectors since then to get back up to speed.
Nunc est bibendum
You may be thinking of the return from LWOP provision (Scedule 1,Part C) which talks about not coming back to a category in surplus. So a pilot returning from LWOP is unable to go to (say) F/O 744 even if their seniority would permit it if it creates a surplus.
goose1, rather than being offended why don’t you articulate what part of my post was “bullcrap”?
Are we to assume that you were such a good pilot when you joined that a 15 year break from takeoffs and landings will not in anyway have dulled your skills? Well good for you. I wish I could say the same but my extended stay in the back seat made my promotional training harder than it otherwise would have been and I have been glad for the many sectors since then to get back up to speed.
the main area that diminishes is in flight management ( if you allow yourself to get a bit lazy)!
a focused mindset and normal training (which has improved immensely in QF) is all you need for a successful transition!
In my opinion it would be a good thing to once again allow vertical promotion as there are a lot of highly experienced people who have been Rinned or held back due to their own circumstances, and would find it a refreshing change to be able to move to their desired position without arbitrary obstacles in the way.
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goose1, rather than being offended why don’t you articulate what part of my post was “bullcrap”?
Are we to assume that you were such a good pilot when you joined that a 15 year break from takeoffs and landings will not in anyway have dulled your skills? Well good for you. I wish I could say the same but my extended stay in the back seat made my promotional training harder than it otherwise would have been and I have been glad for the many sectors since then to get back up to speed.
The mere existence of the position of SO in modern airlines is to me just another mechanism for the airline to not to have to pay one other experienced aviator on the flight deck a decent salary. What a crock.
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I hear what you say, and Qantas would love that - but what if nobody bids for that redeployment? 😛
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If what youre saying is that Qantas simply advertises the 787 slots and says nothing to the 744 drivers then they’ll still need to eventually do a RIN. The 744 drivers are under no compulsion to bid for those slots- and why would they given they’d go to year 1 pay when they can wait for the RIN and go to year 4 pay.
The real question is how do you keep flying 4-6 744s until the end of 2020 whilst simultaneously taking delivery of the last of the 787s? One way is to run divisors on the 787 and A380 close to maximum in the lead up to the 744 retirement so that RIN’d 744 drivers then retraining to those types don’t create too much of a surplus. I suspect more likely is additional 787 orders for arrival from late 2020 through 2021 on which the now surplus 744 drivers can go to. Some will obviously still exercise their right to displace to the A380.
Were there marching bands, balloons and white doves?
There was a small gathering of shareholders (many in dual roles as interested employees) at the AGM. Alan thanked Leigh for his service to which not all those present responded with a rousing ovation.
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There was a small gathering of shareholders (many in dual roles as interested employees) at the AGM. Alan thanked Leigh for his service to which not all those present responded with a rousing ovation.
For a business that requires a lot of people all working together to deliver customers safely, the choice of Mr Clifford was odd.
Paradoxically, if the intent were to deceive the wider populous with the erroneous narrative of 'terminal decline' whilst simultaneously running a divisive and destructive anti employee model, then he was the perfect relic.
Perhaps, long suffering Qantas staff can dare hope for something better.
What is for certain, is Mr Clifford is just another footnote in the dustbin of history.
a focused mindset and normal training (which has improved immensely in QF) is all you need for a successful transition!
In my opinion it would be a good thing to once again allow vertical promotion as there are a lot of highly experienced people who have been Rinned
In my opinion it would be a good thing to once again allow vertical promotion as there are a lot of highly experienced people who have been Rinned
On the subject of rinned pilots, they are not effected by vertical promotion restrictions. The TCAM states; To be eligible for the rank of A380, B747 or B787 First Officer, the pilot must have operated as a First Officer on another Company aircraft e.g. B737 or A330.
So if they have been demoted from FO previously then they will not be prevented from promoting to the 787,747 or 380.
