amongthestars

Does anyone know whether we will be contacted during the 6 months on the shortlist, to give us a bit of an update on what is going on or do we just sit back and wait???

amongthestars

Hey there, hope you are having fun at training! Why havn't they called me yet for Eastern???? I'll do anything. Let me know if you hear anything else. Take care.
Among the Stars.

easternboy

The crew at Eastern dont want you anyway, chewed up strike breakers are the last thing we need. Therefore keep hanging out for the LH position.

Cart_tart

hahahahahaha

sorry. had to laugh!

Don't hold your breath. I was on the shortlist for 15 months (not 18 like QF would like to think) and we didn't hear much at all apart from when the list expired and they'd keep us on for another week or so. then at the end of it all they told us all to F off so they could go employ strikebreakers! They're such a wonderful company. I love them. I can't wait to work for them!

Eastern boy - I Luv you! *MWAH*

waiting_game

easternboy,

Grow up. I have alot of friends who work for Eastern and am happy to say they don't have your opinion.


amongthestars,

I don't think we are high on QF's list of priorities, they got what they wanted out of us so now i'm sure we have been put at the bottom of their list of things to do.

If what midnight is saying is correct maybe you might get a call soon, you never know whats around the corner......

cheers,
wg

jettlager

Good call Easternboy.

Those of us at Longhaul dont want the lowlife either.

"Sent to Coventry" is the best that they could hope for.

Jettlager

amongthestars

Fingers crossed for everyone on the shortlist, good luck.

Crop Dust

This is what I am hearing.... Latest news when it comes to the short term contract people. They are being offered interviews at Eastern.... (most probably most know this). What are the trips like on Eastern??

AND they are going to do the short term contracts at AO now.... I don't think Dixon really is great when it comes to motivating the troops..

OZcabincrew

Do we know what's happening with the 11 month long haul contractors? where are they going at the end of their contracts if they didn't take London????

Oz

waiting_game

Yeh and relocate to cairns to be a casual for just 3 weeks. HA!!!! The thing that gets me is they actually have the balls to ask people to do this.

Please tell me nobody has actually taken up this offer after all we have been thru?? Because if you have you must have rocks in your head and I don't care what your reasons are you are bloody mad and trust me you will regret it I can assure you.

I hope AO cabin crew do strike and stick it right up QF arse!

And before anyone gets all "oh you were a strikebreaker" on me let me just say I went through all the proper interviews, assesment, panel etc interviewd by QF flight attendants not Adecco being told all they way along it would be for an 11mth contract. Then I get offered the 3 mth positon which I take not really knowing what I was getting myself into (naive I know but S##t happens). After training finished I joined the FAAA and I can assure you there was no way in hell I would have worked if you guys had striked.

So please try to hold back on the abuse.


Oz,

A friend of mine took the 11 month contract position and after it ends she gets to go back to her old job at QF if she doesn't choose to go to London. I think alot of the 11 mth contractors are already QF staff. Also I believe a number of MAM casuals took up the 11 mth contract aswell so I would imagine they woud go back to working for MAM but i may be wrong.

Cheers,
WG

sandow1

Hi,

I went to a Perth Panel Interview and then received an email two weeks ago saying they were pleased to advise that my application would be continuing. Is there anyone in Perth that has received this and have you heard anything else.


Thanks

jb_flyer

Here I was thinking that the Perth had not been contacted... now it appears to be just me (again!)

Oh well, one had to laugh... purgatory (or limbo) is a interesting place to be at least.

Good Luck all!

JB

amongthestars

I thought I got told 3 weeks training and then 3 weeks in Cairns???

waiting_game

amongthestars,

Either way its a joke and we are just being used again.

wg

OZcabincrew

hi

so you guys which were originally employed to cover the strike action have been offered AO?

Oz

waiting_game

Oz,

We have been offered just 3 weeks casual employment which I would imagine would be to cover any strike action taken by AO crew.

Also I have heard of a few more people being offered Eastern, not sure of the details though.

Cheers,
WG

604chic

As at a cuppla weeks ago when I contacted the Union, Naomi Hodby, the outgoing Resources & Planning Manager, had stated (in negotions for permanent work for the very few Long Haul casuals), that there are no plans to make permanent the 11 month contractors.

FAAA encouraged 11 month contractors to be pro-active and ensure QF are aware of our desire to be made permanent, should that be their wish.

Have not heard of ANY contractor being offered 3 day training for AO, etc.

Also, just confirmed that PER Long Haul base to downsized to about 90 from about 300 ( can anyone confirm these numbers?).

sandow1

For the information of the Perth people that seem to be sitting in the dark!!!

From the Panel interview held recently;
My references were called today and interestingly enough they were told that I was applying for a permanent fixed term contract with QF. Maybe they could tell us that!!!!
So it will be interesting to actually be told anything like what it is we may be offered.

At the interview I was told that they were compiling a short list for the comming months. They could not say if it was for contract, casual, permanent, domestic, LH or Short Haul, and would I also be interested in MAMs as a casual!!!!!! Basically would I take anything they were going to dish out my way!!!

WoW, what a feeling to walk out of an interview without exactly knowing what it was I applied for...... I love this industry and everyone in it, but as time goes on, it seems the strong arm of most avaiation companies is killing the one great thing about Flying, " The Happy, Fun, Professional" Cabin Crew that are the face of these Multi Billion $$$$ companies,,, I am sad that we are all feeling so let down by the procedures that have been put in place of recent times in hiring Cabin Crew.

I just wish the Best for everyone caught in this messy process right now, who knows where we will end up, or if at all!!!!
Good Luck to all!

jesski

Just updating...
I heard from one of my references this morning letting me know they were contacted.
Then i got a phone call from good ol Claire at Qantas saying the birth certificate extract copy i provided wasn't acceptable, it had to be the full certificate. So i then faxed that through.
Had to wonder why that wasn't picked up earlier... oh well.
Jesski

flytheplanemay

My references haven't been contacted yet, but they contacted them last year when they offered me the strike breaker position. Do you think they will call them again?