Qantas Domestic - Wannabes & Recruitment
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Sorry to hear that blonde_hostie!!!
Had they contacted your references at all?
Had they contacted your references at all?
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I'm still waiting to hear back from them. I got a "Thankyou for you patience" email the other day. Does anyone have any clue about when QF will re-start the ground schools? 
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Ah how disappointing. As soon as it looked like I was going to get a medical call all I get is a recruitment freeze 
. I just hope it doesnt all turn out like the QCCA applicants -oh how I feel for them.
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. I just hope it doesnt all turn out like the QCCA applicants -oh how I feel for them.x
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Not looking good in any direction.
I was 'on hold' with V aus. and was expecting the medical call up, but instead after 5 months got the call to tell me VB was going to use internal staff for their V crew and all external recruitment was cancelled.
I only just applied with Qantas Dom. and from what I hear - it seems to be heading towards a recruitment freeze as well.
Seems to be the worst time ever to try and get into this industry....(as he keeps submitting those applications..!!)
I was 'on hold' with V aus. and was expecting the medical call up, but instead after 5 months got the call to tell me VB was going to use internal staff for their V crew and all external recruitment was cancelled.
I only just applied with Qantas Dom. and from what I hear - it seems to be heading towards a recruitment freeze as well.
Seems to be the worst time ever to try and get into this industry....(as he keeps submitting those applications..!!)
Join Date: Mar 2009
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please no freeze ...
Ah how disappointing. As soon as it looked like I was going to get a medical call all I get is a recruitment freeze 
. I just hope it doesnt all turn out like the QCCA applicants -oh how I feel for them.
. I just hope it doesnt all turn out like the QCCA applicants -oh how I feel for them.
Unfortunately I know wat its like.. I missed the boat with the EK freeze in Feb!
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I have a friend who's currently in a ground school for the PER base. His trainers told the class that they were very lucky to get in because they've cancelled the last 3 ground schools. Also there's a girl I know that works in PER and she over-heard it in the crew room too.
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Ladysensei,
Thanks for the update, although I almost wish i didnt ask now
lol.. All this waiting is killing me. Watever happens I just want to find out asap and not be strung on for another couple of weeks.
Goodluck everyone
Thanks for the update, although I almost wish i didnt ask now
lol.. All this waiting is killing me. Watever happens I just want to find out asap and not be strung on for another couple of weeks. Goodluck everyone
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I'm still waiting for the 'thanks, but no thanks' letter. Is anyone else in the same boat?
About half a year and two emails telling me there's still hope, I'm assuming they are just keeping us holding on (is there anyone else in the same boat?), and waiting to see how the financial crisis will effect them. I guess it would be a waste of money to let us go and start recruiting all over again when they are ready for more people.
Has anyone heard any updates or received any emails?
About half a year and two emails telling me there's still hope, I'm assuming they are just keeping us holding on (is there anyone else in the same boat?), and waiting to see how the financial crisis will effect them. I guess it would be a waste of money to let us go and start recruiting all over again when they are ready for more people.
Has anyone heard any updates or received any emails?
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Qantas has just moved a whole lot of domestic and international cabin crew work around to avoid redundancies. Circumstances are such that there is a 100% employment freeze at the moment.
It is unlikely barring an unforseen turnaround in the industry that there will be any recruitment for the next 12 months in cabin crew.
In perth that could change but once again is "highly" unlikely
It is unlikely barring an unforseen turnaround in the industry that there will be any recruitment for the next 12 months in cabin crew.
In perth that could change but once again is "highly" unlikely
Perhaps some positive news on the horizon. A colleague was at a managers' meeting recently and was told that QD will be recruiting around 50 new crew for Perth. This is to enable transfers out of Perth to the East Coast which was an agreement between the company and the FAAA earlier in the year.
Hopefully it will happen and good luck to all. Especially those who are on a hold list.
Hopefully it will happen and good luck to all. Especially those who are on a hold list.
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I have recently registered my interest for a flight attendant position at many Australian airlines and am pretty excited to hear your news flitegirl, especially as Qantas was the number one airline on my list that I'd like to work for.
I am a total newbie and would love to work from my home base of Perth. However I am worried that they will not even look at my application since I am new and because I have not yet attained my first aid certificate nor my RSA. I am doing these courses as we speak, but I worry because I had to tick no to having completed these on my application just now that I won't even get a look in.
What do you guys think of my chances? Will they still give me a go? I did see on their website that at the very least you need to have the appropriate personal paper work (passport, birth certificate etc) if you are invited to a recruitment day, so it makes me wonder if the fact that I don't have my first aid/RSA yet is ok, as long as I am going about doing it asap (which I am...I'm enrolled for the first aid course on Oct 1 and 2).
What are my chances in general? I am very eager and have plenty of life and hospitality experience. I suppose there will be a zillion people applying, all more qualified and ready with their paperwork than I. Will I sort of be putting in my application and then never hearing anything for a year or so?
What other airlines can you guys recommend to me out of Perth? I would move if I had to, but clearly that is not my first choice to do.
How often do they recruit anyways? Is it like a once a year thing? Once every few months? Only when there are vacancies? Are these recruitment days like open days? Or do they have both?
I am a total newbie and would love to work from my home base of Perth. However I am worried that they will not even look at my application since I am new and because I have not yet attained my first aid certificate nor my RSA. I am doing these courses as we speak, but I worry because I had to tick no to having completed these on my application just now that I won't even get a look in.
What do you guys think of my chances? Will they still give me a go? I did see on their website that at the very least you need to have the appropriate personal paper work (passport, birth certificate etc) if you are invited to a recruitment day, so it makes me wonder if the fact that I don't have my first aid/RSA yet is ok, as long as I am going about doing it asap (which I am...I'm enrolled for the first aid course on Oct 1 and 2).
What are my chances in general? I am very eager and have plenty of life and hospitality experience. I suppose there will be a zillion people applying, all more qualified and ready with their paperwork than I. Will I sort of be putting in my application and then never hearing anything for a year or so?
What other airlines can you guys recommend to me out of Perth? I would move if I had to, but clearly that is not my first choice to do.
How often do they recruit anyways? Is it like a once a year thing? Once every few months? Only when there are vacancies? Are these recruitment days like open days? Or do they have both?
That all sounds good Brindabella.
As long as you can show that you are enrolled in those courses they will treat your application the same as the next person. What will put you ahead of others is your previous customer service and hospitality experience, so best of luck, I hope you do well and I hope you hear from Qantas soon.
As long as you can show that you are enrolled in those courses they will treat your application the same as the next person. What will put you ahead of others is your previous customer service and hospitality experience, so best of luck, I hope you do well and I hope you hear from Qantas soon.
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Qantas Domestic are currently recruiting for Perth base ONLY. At this stage MAM casual crew are being offered positions as they were interviewed and put on hold some time ago. Once that has been exhausted and IF more crew are required I would imagine they will look to the external hold applicants.
The MAM casuals offered permanent positions with Qantas Domestic start in Perth on 1 October.
The MAM casuals offered permanent positions with Qantas Domestic start in Perth on 1 October.
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QF S/H and overnights?
Generally, JQ crew return to their home base every night. DJ often get fairly large trips with a number of overnights. Now that Qantas S/H is almost entirely Domestic flying with just trans tasman returns, do the QF Domestic crew get many overnights?
It depends on how you bid and what your seniority is but each base's bid package will state the maximum you can bid for. It's usually somewhere between 10 and 21 (as a maximum) eg this month I had 7