Qantas QCCA - Wannabes & Recruitment
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Hey lovetofly, I don't think it is a massive advantage, but I would assume if you have some flying experience with any quality airline it would be beneficial.. Qf are accepting interest for their A380's arriving soon so if you are flying EK's A380's then once again you would think that it would help. I'm ex EK crew and I hope it will help me!! I have heard that some ex crew have bypassed the recruitment day and gone straight to the panel interview.. But not a guarantee that's what happens
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Hi lovetofly and tony.s, I think having some cabin crew experience definitely helps. I'm aware that quite a few ex EK cabin crews have scored positions with QCCA in the past few months and may have already started ground school or perhaps starting soon. Tony you're probably right that some ex crew bypass the screening process and go straight through to interviews - confirmed by some of the people I spoke to who landed a job with Qantas. Not sure what the exact criterias are for bypassing the initial screening though.
Hope this info helps
Hope this info helps
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Just in response to Tony.s. post on october 10th
the 10 day course over 2 weeks refers to EPs ... No matter where you are in Qf group and how many a/c always 10 day then add service training d&g uniforms induction week it ends up being 6-7 weeks of ground school
the 10 day course over 2 weeks refers to EPs ... No matter where you are in Qf group and how many a/c always 10 day then add service training d&g uniforms induction week it ends up being 6-7 weeks of ground school
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Thanks for the info guys. Much appreciated!
Do you know if there is any QCCA crew out there that have already completed training but are waiting for a roster?
I've heard different things regarding this.. Can you shed a light? Anyone know? Anyone who is waiting?
I'm just trying to work out if QF will actually need to recruit again before the increase in A380 flights in Jan, Feb and March?
Do you know if there is any QCCA crew out there that have already completed training but are waiting for a roster?
I've heard different things regarding this.. Can you shed a light? Anyone know? Anyone who is waiting?
I'm just trying to work out if QF will actually need to recruit again before the increase in A380 flights in Jan, Feb and March?
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Hi Tony,
When you join QCCA you complete 5-6 weeks training. Our rosters work over 8 weeks, so you finish off whatever is left of that current roster period ( we call them bid periods) by being on reserve. If this is greater than 4 weeks, then you could get a flying roster the next bid period, but generally most new crew are given a full reserve roster as their first full 8 week roster.
Starting next week, there are 4 classes (approx 64 crew) being transferred from 744/767/333 flying to go onto the A380. This has been predominantly made up of QCCA crew that started 3 years ago, although there are some QAL crew that are moving over. For this new A380 I do not believe there will be any external recruitment.
The next 380 is due Feb/March, and there are still 20-30 QCCA left on 744 etc, so they will also be transferred across. I can not say whether this will be enough crew or not, as they are currently recruiting for the London base, and they may fill the gap.
Hope this helps.... hopefully external recruitment will start again soon.
When you join QCCA you complete 5-6 weeks training. Our rosters work over 8 weeks, so you finish off whatever is left of that current roster period ( we call them bid periods) by being on reserve. If this is greater than 4 weeks, then you could get a flying roster the next bid period, but generally most new crew are given a full reserve roster as their first full 8 week roster.
Starting next week, there are 4 classes (approx 64 crew) being transferred from 744/767/333 flying to go onto the A380. This has been predominantly made up of QCCA crew that started 3 years ago, although there are some QAL crew that are moving over. For this new A380 I do not believe there will be any external recruitment.
The next 380 is due Feb/March, and there are still 20-30 QCCA left on 744 etc, so they will also be transferred across. I can not say whether this will be enough crew or not, as they are currently recruiting for the London base, and they may fill the gap.
Hope this helps.... hopefully external recruitment will start again soon.
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A380 problem
Hey guys, I'm sure most of you would have heard the news with the A380 in Singapore having an emergency landing..
"We have decided that we all suspend all A380 takeoffs until we are comfortable that we understand the reasons for this and we are comfortable that we can operate again," Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced this afternoon.
Aviation sources have told ninemsn that the Australian Air Transport Safety Bureau has sent a team to Singapore to investigate the incident. If a fault is found with the A380 — which uses engines manufactured by Rolls Royce — the entire fleet could be grounded.. read the whole report on this link Qantas halts A380 take-offs after engine drama
Cant be good for recruitment starting up any time soon
Anyone know anything?
"We have decided that we all suspend all A380 takeoffs until we are comfortable that we understand the reasons for this and we are comfortable that we can operate again," Qantas CEO Alan Joyce announced this afternoon.
Aviation sources have told ninemsn that the Australian Air Transport Safety Bureau has sent a team to Singapore to investigate the incident. If a fault is found with the A380 — which uses engines manufactured by Rolls Royce — the entire fleet could be grounded.. read the whole report on this link Qantas halts A380 take-offs after engine drama
Cant be good for recruitment starting up any time soon
Anyone know anything?
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A380 deliverys
Qantas isn't expecting delays in their A380's due to the recent incidents !
Expecting 3 more in the next 3 months still!
Qantas sees no delay to A380 deliveries | Reuters
Expecting 3 more in the next 3 months still!
Qantas sees no delay to A380 deliveries | Reuters
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The waiting game
Hey guys, I applied for a position at Melbourne Airport for Qantas Customer Service Host - 12 month contract. I received an email saying that they were pleased to inform me I will be proceeding through the recruitment stage. They attached all of the security clearance forms and told me to bring them to the interview. That was in August 2010.....It is almost December now and I have not heard anything! I decided to call them and ask what was happening, and didn't really get anywhere. Just wondering whether anyone knows more? 
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A380's slowly back up and running
hey guys
"Alan Joyce advises that Qantas will commence A380 operations from this Saturday 27 November, with an initial QF31 service from Sydney to London via Singapore"
They are getting one back up in the air for starters and gradually re-indroducing the others. Also says still expecting 2 new aircraft by end of 2010 and 2 begining 2011, hopefully this means it wont be too long before they recruit again!!!
Fingers crossed
"Alan Joyce advises that Qantas will commence A380 operations from this Saturday 27 November, with an initial QF31 service from Sydney to London via Singapore"
They are getting one back up in the air for starters and gradually re-indroducing the others. Also says still expecting 2 new aircraft by end of 2010 and 2 begining 2011, hopefully this means it wont be too long before they recruit again!!!
Fingers crossed
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Anyone heard anything from Qantas Recuritement. I finished my medical and security clearance in Sept and havent heard from Qantas since?
Would be great to see the Qantas Link; buzzing again. I still check the forum everyday but only see Eithad and Emirates commenting!
Would be great to see the Qantas Link; buzzing again. I still check the forum everyday but only see Eithad and Emirates commenting!
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How frustrating for you. I'm sat here hoping they start recruiting again soon, and there you are having gone through the whole process but still no start date. If they have a bit of a backlog from the last recruitment run it doesn't look promising for those of us waiting...
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Qantas Domestic recruitment
.. I got call about a month ago.. they canned two GS for ADL but they said to me that they will be opening up the bases for GS either late January or early Feb so keep your eyes peeled.. They will be contacting people via email
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Merry Christmas
Thanks for the update bjork....Thats similiar to what i have been hearing on my thread. Ive been waiting since 30th August when i first had my candidate day!
Thanks Travelerslife - Its been HARD - I must check my emails and the web for updates every hour.
Looking forward to hearing some good news from someone on a Qantas thread soon.
Thanks Travelerslife - Its been HARD - I must check my emails and the web for updates every hour.
Looking forward to hearing some good news from someone on a Qantas thread soon.
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Interviews
Re AnneBubbles and TonyS. Hey when i had my Qantas interview i bypassed the group interview, and went straight to panel. It was purely by chance though, cos i rang to reschedual my interview, i said to them that i had been called off a SBY for my current airline, and the lady said "oh are you already cabin crew".. i said yes & she said well in that case i will just book you straight in for a penel interview. Funnily enough when i got to the interview, and was waiting in the lobby, i saw one of my fellow cabin crew waiting, and he had done the group interview as had some other guys there that were with him. So its kinda a bit of luck and maybe self promotion that get you to the panel interview. Not that it makes a lot of difference really, cos i had interview in September & im still waiting. I guess we need to have patience, which we kinda expect from the passengers, but when you want sooo sooo much to work for QF its the waiting game that is the killer.. Fingers crossed its up and running soon & good luck to all
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NO WAY
Hey Guys;
Really? Im still on hold for the UK base, been waiting since the end of August 2010. Ive completed all stages. Where did you hear this? I hope its all starting up again. Nice to see some activity on this thread. Please, Please let them schedule a ground school.
Anyone else have any news?
Really? Im still on hold for the UK base, been waiting since the end of August 2010. Ive completed all stages. Where did you hear this? I hope its all starting up again. Nice to see some activity on this thread. Please, Please let them schedule a ground school.
Anyone else have any news?