YAY! How exciting- not going to lie I cried after reading the email, such a relief to just hear from Qantas!

I received my water competency email last Thursday. Ive already submitted it. My AD was in early April. I hope this is a good sign but I guess until we do medicals it's a small step in the process.

Did you apply for MEL or SYD? I only applied for MEL base, however heard there weren't going to be any more assessment days for a while now.

Swim test
 

Hi all,

Just received the email for a swim test and called my local pool and said they don’t assess due to lifeguards not being under “Surf Life Saving Australia” and are with Royal Life Saving Society who don’t assess. Anyone else have this issue?

I applied for SYD base. Good luck with your application, I hope you hear soon.

thanks for the info! That’s exciting news!
do you know if applicants in these planned GS’s have already been contacted? Or are they working through it now?
also are they for Melbourne base?

I did mine yesterday at my local pool and no issue. I'm in Melb so not sure if you're in a different state. I'd just call another pool until someone says yes.

It's something they can get out of the way during this waiting period as it doesn't expire and the fact is if you don't pass you won't progress. Some of the ditching training requires being in a simulated ditching in actual water so cabin crew have to be able to swim. But it's still progress albeit slowly 🤞

:) Hi Skiesthedream

I work in the training centre a lot, when not flying.

The AUG planned training schedules are for Sydney base, mainly returning crew and internals from 2020 from JQ and QantasLink ect.

The internal hold list is quite big. Nothing for MEL base till October apparently. TA will have externals ready and waiting to slot in by that time when the checks have been completed to commence CCI still looking like end of 2022 bit more like 2023.

😉 Qantas International Assessment days have ceased for now. With the continuous recruitment from January, they have more applications on hold than positions that will be offered to those candidates that are successful to job offer stage. Qantas are still recruiting short haul casual FAs in Melbourne with Altara for B737 & A330 operations.

So…..some of us maybe not a successful candidate perhaps?? The water competency assessment just got me excited for nothing T_T

Absolutely! I'd already completed mine in May so it was easy to forward to the Recruitment Team. Like you, I'm taking a positive spin and regarding it as an encouraging step forward for something to happen in 2022.Here's hoping! :ok:

:) Workforce planing and forecasting for crew levels change almost daily. Qantas also commenced Long Haul recruitment for Jetconnect NZ and QFCCUK which now have commenced CCI training at least 3 CCI Jetconnect currently training for Qantas International operations. With these factors and current outlook reductions in initial QCCA numbers will occur. Once they short list the current active hold pool with the selected candidates for job offers, they may need to interview again for updated talent from the application list they have.

Interview again…? :eek:

Hi, QF747438,
may I ask how many people roughly there are on the internal's list?
and roughly how many people there are totally in the active holding pool?
any idea?

Anyone else want to join our group chat?
 

we have all shifted to Instagram group chat, there are many many useful information we have exchanged and chatted about, beauty about IG group chat is that you can see all the chat history!!
if you are keen, please PM, PM! P!M! me your instagran account name and I will follow you on there.

I will PM you

Thanks djw024 but I have to say it would be a real shame to divert discussions away from this forum. You can also see the all chat history here.

All info from what I have seen has been exchanged in really good faith and is not so easily tracked to our identity, unlike Instagram or other apps. While we're not employees of the company personally I'll prefer to keep things on here.

I respect your opinon, and we are all also using this thread as well as the chat since its more instant and easy net working,\
we are all on the same boat and I wish everything in your end going well like the rest.
if there is anything I can help, please feel free to reach out and I will endeavor to help. :)

Other than being a backup plan, would there be any advantage to applying for Short Haul Altara while we are waiting if we are already on the International hold pool for Melbourne base? ie. in terms of being considered as an internal transfer vs external if subsequently progressed for international from the hold pool?

🙏 I finally got the call on Friday to start employment and training school on 1st of August Sydney base. The recruitment officer make mentioned I was 1 of only 5 joining this training group. I was told no other later training courses were available later for now possibly next year. I accepted this start date. I completed my medical and and checks over 1 month ago now. I am a language speaker I don’t know if this made some difference. Good luck to others in waiting

Amazing!!! Congratulations, so exciting ✈ When did you complete drug + alcohol? How exciting for you :)

Yeah!!! Im so happy for u!!!
Go and embrace your new life!
And also please suss more inside info out for us lol.

wow conrgrats!!!! Good news finally!❤️❤️❤️ Have they made you do drug and alcohol test already?

Thanks guys, I did my medical assessment about 4 weeks ago this was drug and alcohol testing together with physical testing.

Thanks! Good luck with it all ✈🌏

Congratulations and well done GG!!...I am sure it was more than just your language skills. They no doubt liked the complete package.

Hi winglet30 😉

Altara QF short haul crew are not Qantas employees they work for a labour hire company so they would have to apply for Qantas roles externally. Working for Altara would have no affect on your Qantas application, if you were with Altara you would be a external application ect. Hope this helps.

😉 congratulations 🎉

see you out on line,looks like they are backfilling some spots in the internal CCIs, hopefully more of you will hear soon, happy safe flying

Thankyou to everyone for pvt messages. I sent my certifications in then processed to medical exams and test. I wait for employment offer after 1 month form medical. :-)

I do too but I believe they are "casuals" with labour hire company so although they don't have to jump through as many hoops as they are working crew and have security clearance, they are still treated as externals and are added to the external pool as they are not existing QCCA employees. Most of them are waiting until the SH crews have been topped up before they will let them go so as not to leave SH short staffed.

That is such awesome news! How exciting. Good luck with it all and keep us posted on your progress.

pre employment medical
 

Hey all!

I completed my pre employment medical today and weirdly enough didn’t do a drug/ alcohol screening. Has this been the same for anyone else ?
Would it be something worth contacting the talent acquisition team about, or wait and see if I get contacted again?

Hey travelling foodie, well done on getting invited to the medical! :)

Like you I was contacted about the water competency request last week, but have heard nothing else.. Melbourne base seems to be at slower pace than Sydney... I suspect there may be a ground school for you coming up, because doesn't the medical have to be within 3 months?

As for the drug/alcohol test, hmm I thought Bodycare previously did that on the day, did you get charged the full amount of $300 or whatever it is?

Perhaps they are planning on testing closer to accepting candidates into the GS if it's a few months? Let us know what they say if you get in touch with TA. Anyway, huge congrats to you! Keep us posted.

Mel2022QF Hey, thank you! Things seem like they’re starting to move which feels awesome! That was my impression as well. I was charged the $224. I think I may reach out to the Qantas Talent Acquisition team as it did seem odd, even the person who did my medical was confused but said some candidates have done it at the same time, others a later date.

Congratulations!! 🥳 Did they mentioned where is the training will be? And how long?

If you didn't do D&A test then no, you have not completed your pre-employment medical

Intellisis Thats what I thought. I’ve now emailed the talent team at Qantas for further information.

fantastic news travellingfoodie, gives us all some hope! Are you Sydney or Melbourne base?

same happened to me. Just did my medicals and body care even called Qantas on the day to make sure, they said no need to do it yet… so i assume, they’d ask one to do it when its closer to the GS date.