Auto trim was kept on. I found out the outcome after a week and the options for basing were SYD or MEL!

Thanks all for the updates!!

PER best base in the country for any narrowbody operation frankly. Lifestyle wise it’ll beat QF 737 in all bases I think.
Fly to Phuket, Bangkok, Singapore a few times a month with possibly more destinations to come. As long as you wanna live there this is the dream.

have you heard of jbid right?

Perth will have great flying when you can actually get it but it will be a horrible base.

I hate to say it, but by far the best base in the network is Adelaide.

I know there is a lot of hate for the JQ NZ contract on this thread, can anyone elaborate on this more apart from the obvious $20K difference in starting salary as a Yr 1 FO? also besides the currency difference and the huge difference between company contributions for each countries applicable retirement schemes.

No base owns any flying is the group mantra

ADL best flying for sure. It’ll become all too hard to keep the west coasters current on all the east coast bull**** though I reckon. Should be best within a few months.

Not sure whether they'll make Perth as cushy as it used to be. Can see Perth crew operating to Melbourne to do Bali the next day or Cairns Bali and Melbourne crew doing a Perth then a Phuket and back or something. We all know it won't make sense.

Yep, the assumption it will be cushy is a big one. With the Optimiser at play you could see some pretty interesting rosters.

Has anyone completed their TR with L3harris recently? Is the systems instructed via zoom or at your own will via ETHOS CBT, to be completed prior to sims. TIA

Soooo. There’s going to be DEC….

What do the year four F/O’s think about that?

If you've been an fo ​for 4 years, you well and truly meet the minimum om1 requirements for command. So you probably wouldn't care.

It’s harder to do that than it used to be with the FRMS acclimatization rules. Yes it’s possible, but crew would need to spend a lot of time off in hotels to be legal especially for east/west patterns like those mentioned above. They can do it, but they don’t have enough crew as it to do it continually. If they do make it permanent, I see a lot of WDO’s continuing.

any more info? Will they reduce the cyclic requirement to allow FOs to upgrade faster as well?

They’ve made it pretty clear it’s a last resort. Multiple FSO’s with unfilled commands in SYD. Not sure if there’s been talk with the union to open it to the MOU, but probably not giving the groups recruitment problems.

The MOU will not attract a single QF pilot. Every single one pre 2004 could have a 737 command, They won’t be going to JQ.

if JQ wants QF pilots, QF needs to offer LWOP and fixed term DECs. They may get some who tick the box and want some 320 experience before the 321s arrive.

Yes it's all the FOs fault they don't want Sydney commands. It's not the extreme cost of living in Sydney they won't be properly compensated for or, the horrible rosters and lifestyles on offer.

An FO in Sydney needs to be on 350k to 400k to survive... Qf and well the corporate world in general need to get with reality. Sydney Captains should be on 600k to 800k. Thats reality!

They can’t drop the requirements anymore than they did yesterday. Scary how low it’s going now.