Correct. Even if where you work, it's not paid or recognized, it's still very handy because one day there will be an opportunity to use it.
It may mean going overseas and as QF22 says, CASA licences are recognized in several Asian countries.

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news but MOST companies want to see your "approval". If you just have a rating and nothing in EQ then they most likely won't take you. You need to get a printout of EQ when you apply. This of course varies depending on who you know and how desperate they are.

And yet another great move by the Australian government, EASA licenses are now recognised in Australia, they just have to sit air leg. But of course our Aussie one is not worth the paper it's written on. You can only conclude this is to maintain lower wages and is driven by the Red Rat seen as CASA work for them.

Interesting article about Turkish Airlines, 777-300ER, Qantas in regards to fleet choice.



Turkish Airlines orders 777s for possible Australia flights | Plane Talking

Best not visit Avalon at the moment you would be very disappointed :ugh:

Empire 4
 

Actually a lot of Asian MROs want to see your training certificates.
You can have all the ratings under the sun in your AMEL, but without the training certificates you are likely to be rejected.
GLTA !

100% correct QF22, intact a lot of OS mro's are only interested in your certificates.

And the overtime in Sydney rolls on.....

To all those here that think O/T is killing job prospects and undoing all the fine work our "forefathers" fought for before us, here's a couple of interesting quotes that are the real reasons why job prospects are being killed off:

@ALAEA Fed Sec

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In case you missedit, CASA is run by Qantas. Qantas can do as they please. There is a Dutchmanager with a Texan mate who would have 20 AMEs per LAME. Unfortunately thereare also a large number of LAMEs who sign for work unsighted.

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@buggerme

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The problem is thatthere are too many leading/ acting leading hands that are pushing their crewstoo hard to achieve what the company wants no matter what, so they look good[in their opinion] they can safeguard their jobs. Don't they realise that they canbe on the hit list, whether it be just now or six months down the track,unfortunately they are very shortsighted as if they don't fit into the longterm plans they will be gone just like the rest of us.

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The quotes below are those that feel O/T is the cause of job losses. Do what you believe is right, but don't go knocking those that believe they are doing right. The gravy train at QANTAS is nothing new. Unfortunately, there is nothing to save the 204 in SYD to go, or those in AVV, and once this backlog is cleared, there will be nothing to stop the next lot (however many) to go, and we are all potentially at threat of being given the chop. No one is exempt O/T or no O/T.

@genxfrog
@1me
@the_company_spy
@up2us

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We have inheritedsome pretty good conditions from our forefathers & they had to fight prettydam hard so we can enjoy these benefits! so out of respect for these inheritedconditions( and our mates in the firing line) its pretty easy to say 'NO to theOT'.

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@ALAEA Fed Sec

QF 94 appears to have worked another overtime shift in hangar 96. Now he is just trying to shake the guilt with justification.

If all of the LAMEs at Qf said no to OT for 2 weeks and followed the PPM to the letter during this time (including supervising everything that they sign for), it would show QFs redundancy policy for what it is. An absolute joke. Nothing would make it out on time. Stop propping up a broken system by finding shortcuts around the problems. That is for management to worry about.

Unfortunately, that would require a workforce with a bit of backbone. So long as all of the jellyfish keep showing up and doing all that is asked of them, QF will have their way.

@QF94:

Don't you think it a little odd that for a considerable time prior to the big announcement, O/T was sporadic to non-existent and then all of a sudden it's a virtual open slather once the announcement of job cuts is made? Call me cynical but something's not kosher. LAME's are notoriously bad at thinking rationally when presented with the lure of $$$. We are our own worst enemy and the company knows this! :ugh:

The masked goatrider

I need to justify nothing to anybody. No guilt to shake. The only thing shaking is my head at the poor silly group that think for one second they're going to hold the company to ransom by boycotting O/T.

One Eye Redundant
Following the PPM to the letter should be standard. Not a form of protest. It highlights the slackness and contempt people have for the jobs they're currently in.

It just goes to show the hypocrisy of the naysayers here. Hit the O/T and prop the broken system up every other time, but when the screws are tightening down on you, you want to stop propping up the system. Get over yourselves.

1me
I don't think anything is odd anymore in the workplace. More and more restricting policies, more managers, less and less workers. The more changes that are inflicted on us, the more things stay the same. The place is a broken record.

With the onset of our future living being cut, I will try and make whatever $$$ I can in the meantime. You can try and justify cutting your nose off to spite your face. That's your choice. You'll be walking out the gate with your nose in your hand, and nothing to show for it. I'll just be walking out with a few more $$$ in my pocket.

Because remember, once you're out the gates, you will NEVER get the conditions you currently enjoy (as bad as you may think it is). You won't last five minutes if you oppose everything not to your liking. Just ask those that have left QANTAS in the past and returned because it was too tough in the outside world.

QF94
Well Said:D

@QF94

I'm not talking about holding the company to ransom, merely not going the extra mile to help them out when they clearly seek to rip our guts out. It's about relaxing the "can-do" attitude for a while.

Mate, you're the one stoking the boilers on the QF Titanic..

I'll have my integrity.

I haven't been opposing everything not to my liking. I have never said our conditions were bad, merely the direction those, who should know better, have decided to take us! This is a pretty serious scenario we now find ourselves in. A lot of good people are going to be out of a job soon. I'm simply trying to look beyond myself.

@imperial shifter

I don't see how being unavailable for O/T is biting the hand that feeds us.. But then again what do I know.?

1me
Your guts have been ripped out bit by bit over the years. You just haven't noticed until now. It's been a death by a thousand cuts for all these years. Now they're just going to carve up.

Stoking nothing. Just have a different view. If that's stoking, then you're easily stoked.

I still have mine. I'm doing what I'm employed to do, and to avail myself to a reasonable amount of O/T. I hope your "integrity" keeps you employed and put food on your table.

1me, have you NEVER done O/T in the past? If not, then you can say you have integrity for making this stand, BUT if you have done ANY O/T in the past propping up a broken system, then you are a hypocrite.

QF94, you don't have to justify here in fact I'm sure most Pprune readers could care less.
its the court of public opinion with your fellow LAMEs where you will need to explain.

What is the outcomes from the latest meeting Fed Sec? Is it last in first out, oldest and most expensive out, single Boeing license or no QF type and your out.

Or are QF going to keep the non-type rated guys as only QF would?