QF is currently hiring 1500 pilots over 10 years. Take out the amount of projected retirements and expansion of LH flying with the Sunrise aircraft and that stills leaves several hundred excess pilots, so they aren’t going to remove 70% of SH flying out of the system.

There’s 134 combined narrowbody replacements and terminals aren’t big enough for them to be all A220s so I expect more 321XLRs to be ordered in future years to cope with this.

They’ll probably go fly more 321’s. The current 737 fleet wasn’t ordered in one hit of 75. The 330 wasn’t. The 787’s weren’t. The 350 isn’t even here and it’s been ordered in stages. Why would the 321 be any different?

Probably a good chance to fly the a220 too 🤪

As long as you don’t mind the 40% pay cut, 65 hour overtime limit and paxing in the middle row down the back…

Just saw today that on the official Qantas Website that a lot of the flight time minimums have been dropped for positions at Q-link, Network, and Jetstar. Q link and Network are now just 500 TT, Jetstar is also 500 with only 200 ME. Provided I had all of my ATPL theory subjects done and out of the way, what are the chances someone at, or slightly above, the minimums gets hired in these positions or as a SO at Qantas?

Quite high ate the moment, they don’t have anywhere near enough applicants to fill the roles.

Can’t speak for the others but I see the S/O positions at Qantas state:

I’ve not flown with a new S/O with any less than the above for several years now, so probably unlikely.

Someone remind me what the minimum hours is to fly a passenger jet in the US is and why…

1500 hours because they don’t train em like the Europeans do.

1500 hours because ALPA leveraged the Colgan Air incident to improve pilot conditions and played the long game in terms of pilot supply

Because 2 pilots, who both exceeded the minimums now in place by some margin and both held ATPs, stalled and crashed a dash 8?

How many times must this be explained?

The 1500 hours is because when you have experience you won't work for free.

It was more about getting pilots at regionals a living wage so they would not be sleeping in crew rooms after they just travelled for 10 hours to work cause they live in their parents basement. They did this cause they didn't get paid enough to live in the city they were based.

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Absolutely. But I don’t think this was the point the author was trying to make with their comment.

student in debt

You were hinting that both pilots in the accident had 1500 hours so the rule isn't really necessary. Or was your point something else?

So let me get this straight......Australian pilots complain about their pays in relation to American T&Cs but the USA have a 1500 hour rule that Australians here are complaining about. However that rule in part has helped regional and therefore mainlines to achieve better T&Cs for all.

That ladies and gentleman (or whatever you bl00dy identify as) is why the US is the best place for pilots on earth (generally).

Bit off topic here with the talk of the US, let's straighten this puppy out and back to what the thread is about.

Now, how do I not F up my upcoming interview??? What are the do's and don'ts?

Don’t tell them how awesome you are. Don’t tell them you were first in your class in grade 6. Don’t come dressed in casual clothes.

Yeah… all the above has happened in the last two years.

Don’t turn up 35 minutes late and not say a word about it. Happened in my group 🤔. Just prepare your SAR format scenarios. All very nice people.

Don’t talk about how you drink drive in your home in an Asian country or how you pay for sexualiss, whilst standing next to the recruiter at the coffee shop. Never to be seen again…

Please do tell more! This one sounds good!

Yes, do tell. (I’d also like to know what sexualiss is, I suspect I’ve been missing out.)