I expect you may have supported the qualification of “working from heights” requirements as well?

Toilet rolls are a valuable commodity

That’s funny. You don’t work for Qf then.

Yes a lot of people

I know about 5 turboprop drivers who have completed interviews and sim rides but nothing past that.

Anecdotally, appears to be more progress for pilots from some airlines, and less from others overall

Heard of anyone getting to the hold file stage?

Is this the same hold file that has people from 2018 on it?

Yes.

And that hold file is forecast to be empty by October. Apparently

130 SO’s to be recruited over the next 12 months.

I heard almost 300 required or is it 130 externally?

Will the 321s coming to short haul create or reduce recruitment opportunities at QF?

Create opportunities, as long as the variations are voted up and the aircraft comes to mainline of course

Don’t see how it’s creating jobs as it’s a replacement for the 737. There’s only growth if the 737s are staying - which they’re not.

You’ll need more pilots for a new aircraft type to cover instructors, those absent during training etc.

The A321 will cover existing domestic plus potentially more short haul Asian routes, which would be growth above the current numbers. While the 737 remains you’ll still be training pilots on to that.

Sounds like an overlap to me. Doesn’t seem very cost effective to hire crews to cover instructors being trained and conversions for existing pilots.

I agree with 321 doing Asian routes which COULD replace 330. Won’t need as many crew either because it’s not on LH award.

DA said it’s a fleet replacement. This seems a 1 for 1 swap at this stage. The only reason it’s the 321 first is so they can squeeze for the variation I reckon. Rest will be 320s in a like for like swap.

Just my 2c.

I can confirm this as a current student, it is a bit of a sausage factory and they vaguely tell you that this is not a cadetship and is entirely run by FTA with Qantas reps coming in every couple of months. The academy does an intake of about 10-20 students every 7 weeks, already upto 18 groups so far with ~100+ graduates in about 2 years. They have plans to ramp up to 250 students a year.

The course is approx. 56 weeks with the only break being a couple of days over Christmas, no other public holidays throughout the year are observed. GS being 8-5 Mon-Fri and flying phases are 6 days a week, very fatiguing/students do burn out.

At the end of it you get CPL, MEIR, ATPL theory and MCC (approx. 150-200 hours total time). You get a spot in the Qantas group future pilot program and then they send you on your way with a big graduation ceremony (noting you still graduate if you have failed ATPL subjects and still need to pass them, it's on you to do this in your own time afterwards).

So far graduates seem to either look for GA jobs up north or get their instructors rating and come back and instruct at the academy, many are on the first job hunt. I've heard of about 2 or 3 graduates so far getting into Qlink. Will be interesting how we fair post covid, whether we've been suckered in with the branding or we'll be given a leg up for Qlink jobs.

They’re just preparing them for when they get on the line.

How much are you kids paying for this? #HECS

About $130k (+ 20% hecs fee) + accommodation ($20k) so around $175k total 🥲

Can you really put a price on a set of aviators and an IG story? #pilotlife