For RSA I recommend QHI. Very easy online, good price and all sorted with no expiry date on your certificate.

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Thanks for that Bubblyguy
Does that work for Victoria though?
Also what does duel trained mean?

Virgin Australia happily accepts it from QHI.

In some states you need additional qualifications but as Virgin Australia is national and an airline there is no further requirements.

NSW and Tasmania have very specific requirements that a national RSA certificate does not cover so if you wanted to work in a pub or restaurant there would would need to do the specific course for those states.

Before the Perth base started initial training groups were only ever taught the 737 and then down the track you could do E-Jet training and now even A330 training. All Perth initial training groups and some other training groups will do both 737 and E-Jet in the initial training mean it is a longer ground school and a bit more intense having to do two very different types of aircraft.

All new entrants should expect an initial course of at least 8 weeks. I've not heard of any recent ground schools less than that regardless of base. 737 and e-jet are now covered in initial.

The posts about International (777 crew recruitment) have the right idea. There is no expansion of the 777 fleet announced for the near future. Keep in mind, short haul is where they need you and you'll be expected to stay there.

Current international flying is split between short and long haul fleets and crew. It's possible to do international trips on 737. Virgin is not divided between domestic and international, it's all to do with aircraft types and length
of sectors. Long haul do 15hr sectors predominantly and short haul, sectors
under that. Long haul has only 2 destinations LA and Abu Dhabi, short haul
has Bali and Phuket and NZ base (Pac Blue) has Pacific Islands & Australia.
No-one knows of any planned expansion internationally at this stage, nothings been announced to the press.

As always you should be applying for the job you actually want, there are no guarantees of an internal transfer at a later stage or that recruitment for the
division you really want won't open shortly after you take a job elsewhere. It's
happened before much to the annoyance of the crew who were then placed
where they didn't want to be. Internal transfers are always dependent upon
movement within the company and people have waited for years for transfers
in the past. Keep that firmly in mind.

Alyssa & Everyone else
 

Hi Alyssa, I applied for V Australia International Cabin Crew back around June. I was then told that my application had been successful and I went to an Assessment Day. Since then I have been told I am now on hold for the next International GS, however they do not know when it will be as of yet.

I was only able to apply as they were recruiting for the position on their website. At this stage they are no longer recruiting. They are focusing heavily on Domestic as that is where the demand is.

I have been told by various people that once you are in Domestic, it is hard to transfer. I am not sure if this is correct, however I do have a friend who has been Virgin Domestic for 3 years now, and she has put in for a transfer a couple of times and has not been successful. I suggest you apply for the job you want, whether it is Domestic or International. You may have to wait, but if International is where your heart is (like myself) you will be willing to wait. Almost 5 months later, I am still waiting, but my dream and my passion is for International, so I will wait as long as I need to!!

As for the people who are asking about training. I am in contact with a few people who have recently been accepted for Domestic Ground School in Sydney and they have been told their training will be 7 weeks.

Hope this helps everyone, I know its hard to be in the dark, but hang in there! It will be well worth the wait! :)

If your accepted for Melbourne base are you required to attend GS in Sydney ? Or does virgin have a Melbourne GS too ?

Melb GS
 

They will have a Melbourne GS.

What's the go with Melbourne?
 

Hey everyone,
Does anyone know if I am too late for Melbourne? Before it said that the closing date was November 7th (which is today) and now closing date November 14th! I applied on the 3rd, so I really don't think it will be in time for the assessment days on the 9th and 10th! Can anybody shed some light? Will there be some more upcoming assessment days this year?

I don't think you are late at all im pretty sure there are 2 assessment days coming up

So, just to clarify: no one knows how many overnights MEL base get per roster????

Marcus it all depends on how you bid.

You can be rostered up to 15 overnights. There are plenty of different types of flying available and by bidding hopefully you get some of what you want.

Virgin Overnights
 

Hey,
Ive spoken to numerous flight attendants who work for Virgin Australia and they have all told me that you bid for your overnights per roster. Im pretty sure you will not get heaps of overnights unless you specifically bid for them. For example my friend only ever wants to do 2 overnights a week and thats all she has ever bid for and all she ever gets.

That's really good to know about being able to request what you want! Another question I had is - if we were to be successful, would we be full time? as I know with Altara/Mam you're only ever casual and on standby A LOT of the time. I am guessing with Virgin it's a bit more stable? How often would you be on call?

That's really good to know about being able to request what you want! Another question I had is - if we were to be successful, would we be full time? as I know with Altara/Mam you're only ever casual and on standby A LOT of the time. I am guessing with Virgin it's a bit more stable? How often would you be on call?

With Virgin you are full time and work a 38 hour week as opposed to other companies where you are part time. I don't know how often you are on call per week i would assume maybe 1 or 2 a week?

General info - Virgin Australia
 

hey guys,

I recently attended a Virgin Australia recruitment day on Wed 2nd November for the Sydney Base.

I got a phone call on Friday 4th saying that I was successful and would move onto the next stage of the recruitment process being reference checks. She also informed me that as I had holidays booked (2 weeks at the start of Feb) if I was successful, I would most probably be on a waiting list for GS as they definitely don't want me to have to cancel my holiday. My references were called on Monday 7th. I haven't heard anything back yet, but I am not overly worried. I understand that their major focus would be getting people recruited that have availability to start GS ASAP! So for those that are in the same boat as me, I wouldn't be overly stressed.

And for those that are wondering, the recruitment day was nowhere near as stressful as I thought it would be. The crew their are amazing, and you meet some amazing people on the day, so you forget all about being nervous.

Hope this helps! :)

New here
 

Hi
I applied for Perth base, was worried about Assessment day, but that does not sound to bad. I have holidays booked for July, do you think they will mind :)

I was wondering if anybody as heard back from VA re the Perth base as applications close on monday 14th, would love to hear from them as a really need a career change and it has been a dream since a child :)

Height
 

Hi guys,
just wondering if someone can help me out with height requirements. I am 150cm tall, so about 5 foot exactly. Is this too short for cabin crew? I know Qantas has a height restriction of around 163cm and Tiger 158cm. I did however notice on the requirements on the Virgin website, that you must be able to reach a height of 180cm. Now, is this flat on your feet, or does this include the shoes that are worn which I assume would have a bit of a heel? Can you be on your tippy toes. I am pretty sure I would be able to reach 30cm above me, but does being 150cm tall seem a bit too short?

Thanks in advance!
Shorti

is anything happen in Brisbane at all? :{

Hi everyone!
 

Well I just finished my first week of Ground School in sydney for domestic! This is not a walk in the park, a lot of study! Late nights and early mornings! Ground school is NOT 9-5, just letting you all know. My ground school is the first for the sydney recruitment. My hepond school is just under 6 weeks. every ground school is going to be different! So don't expect an 8 week ground school!

Good Luck to everyone! I'm loving it and so will you!


LEE 86

Shorti, I've seen some cabin crew your height on Virgin flights, I'm sure of it. I'm 6ft exactly and there have been cabin crew who were at my shoulder height or less.

Hi Lee86,

Glad to see that you are enjoying your ground school.

I just have a question though. Does Virgin provide you accomodation for your ground school, or do you need to drive everyday? I live about 1hr away from their Sydney headquarters in Botany, but in Sydney morning traffic, it can take me up to 2.5 hours to get there.

Also, how many people are in your ground school?

Cheers,

Jack

Sydney90,

Unfortunately not. The only time you will get accommodation is if you go to another city for the practical emergency procedures parts of your ground school.

For example as Perth doesn't have equipment required the ground school has up to 10 days usually in Melbourne for practical training and assessments.

Something like that for a certain date yes. Not entirely correct but on the right track. All will be revealed just after the New Year.

Recruitment is working overtime at the moment to get people into ground schools that weren't expected. Quite a few extra ground schools were added to be happening right now in time to get staff ready for just after the New Year. Unfortunately this means recruitment days can't happen and interviews are being held at the airport crew bases. All happening very quickly and very exciting... also means everyone on here is likely to hear something now or in the New Year. Fingers crossed!

Hope89, the current mass recruitment is due to exciting changes and the need for more staff. Virgin Australia is an extremely exciting and ever changing place to be at right now.

Believe there was one for Brisbane that started either last week or this week. There will be another one again in a few weeks if everything happens as it was planned. This applies for all bases except for Perth from what I have been told. The one for Perth starts late this week.

I'm not involved in recruitment so my information that I got last week may already be old, outdated and incorrect. As I said before though with the large volume of recruitment happening hopefully people here get a chance to get on board! :)

Hi All,

For those in Sydney, I received a phone call today from recruitment and was able to get a bit of info.

There are only 2 more ground school dates left for Sydney base for this year. They are 21st and 28th of November. There will be no ground schools in December. They aren't expecting alot of people to be able to attend though, as they are fairly close, and as the majority of us need to give our current employers 2 weeks notice, there just isnt enough time to get a medical and then resign. Most of the people attending these will not be currently employed. She did say my reference checks were fantastic though! :ok:

There will be some more ground school dates next year in January, February and March, but dates won't be released until early next year.

Fingers crossed we get the dates soon!

Thank You BUBBLYGUY!
You are right! There was a GS for Brisbane started on 17th of October.
And I had been told that I would be on the next one!:DHope that will happen soon as I can imagine! Thank you for your replay. Appreciate it!;)

is eager to see what happens tomorrow as the closing dates for each bases closes tonight. I wonder if they will extend it again and keep us waiting. I hope not, so want to hear something and get given a chance to fly

Can I ask, of all of you who have gotten through already, had you completed both the first aid certificate and the RSA?

As far as I recall you need to have both certificates on day one of Ground School if successful.

You need to have both certificates available for first day of ground school.

For the interview stage a confirmation of booking is acceptable.

Marley I totally agree! But as much as we would love an answer tomorrow I think it will be a good few days before they get through shortlisting everyone. Good luck! :ok:

Hope89
Would be good though, one can dream
Might see you around sometime, as I have heard Perth base have to do some of the training over there

Goodluck and happy flying :p

bubblyguy question
 

Hi Bubblyguy,

Have you heard any news/info regarding future dates for international Ground Schools?

Thanks for any info you can share with us!

Applications are closed and my excitment level is through the roof. I am going to be nervous everytime the phone will ring :p

You won't tend to get a phone call but an email for the first contact for recruitment days etc!

tashhopeful
do you know if they get to any online tests prior to coming into the assessment day?
It also mean that I will be checking my emails every two seconds

:O

Marly,

I got sent a message saying I had progressed through to the next stage, pending an online assessment. The assessment came the following day, and then the assessment day invite a few days after.

Hope that helps!

For Marly
 

"do you know if they get to any online tests prior to coming into the assessment day?"
Marly last time I applied for Perth base they sent me thru 2 online tests (I think one was the usual Hogan's but the other was some random assessment from the UK - I struggled with it @ first but then I got the hang of it) Then If successful they e-mailed me invite to assessment day - only got 2 days notice which was why I didn't attend which is why I had to re-apply. Hope that helps a bit???? Which is basically what tashhopeful said :O