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They used to fly NRT regularly but a large problem was the lack of non language speakers. This trip has now been given to AKL Jetconnect crews, which is SYD-NRT-PER and return. (PER - NRT is basically 11 hours each way).
SH crews can most defintely fly longer than 8 hours, they just cant without a rest break. An example of this is the CGK shuttle that is now a regular on the SH roster. . .
I may be wrong - please correct me if I am..
SH crews can most defintely fly longer than 8 hours, they just cant without a rest break. An example of this is the CGK shuttle that is now a regular on the SH roster. . .
I may be wrong - please correct me if I am..
AKL base LH crew have been flying the NRT sectors out of PER and SYD augmented with other Aust. based QF LH crew as is the case with many Qantas international flights now.
MAM has been recruiting people with asian language fluency, probably in preparation for SH crew flying the patterns.
PER/NRT has a flying time of 10 hours.
MAM has been recruiting people with asian language fluency, probably in preparation for SH crew flying the patterns.
PER/NRT has a flying time of 10 hours.
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MAM Contract C
Now Contract C has been around for a while, would be really interested to hear from any SYD or BNE based crew on the hours, types of trips etc out of those 2 bases on Contract C. Feel free to PM if you don't want to post it here.
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i need ur help urgently!!!!!
HEY all!
Have just been offered a position with MAM IN EITHER BRISbane or Melbourne and need your help! I am wondering which base would have the better flying and which would have the more hours. I would like as many overnites/international trips as possible and only have until tomorrow to decide so please respond quickly! Cheers.
Have just been offered a position with MAM IN EITHER BRISbane or Melbourne and need your help! I am wondering which base would have the better flying and which would have the more hours. I would like as many overnites/international trips as possible and only have until tomorrow to decide so please respond quickly! Cheers.
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go for where you live.
Dont worry about internationals etc.. it changes every month. Neither base has alot of international trips - as for domestic o/n's they are probably on par.
Sydney is the base if you like international flying. The SH base there is doing loads of trips.
Dont worry about internationals etc.. it changes every month. Neither base has alot of international trips - as for domestic o/n's they are probably on par.
Sydney is the base if you like international flying. The SH base there is doing loads of trips.
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hi
well i live in neither of these cities so thats why i was wondering!! so how many overnites in total u rekon id get per month? also are the international destinations the same from mel and bne? iv heard that mam do hong kong, singapore, tokyo, manilla, mumbai, auckland, noumea and bali .... is this correct and if so how many of these places wod i fly to from mel as opposed to bne?
Thanks alot
Thanks alot
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Syd based SH crew are doing more LH flying now... More than LH. These include. Bejing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila (going though), Jakarta, Auckland and my personal favourite - Mumbai (going to Mel base next month). Wrong...
The C Contract people are being worked like dogs and they are already feeling the effects apparently. Sick Leave is going up.
BTW, Mel base seems to have a bit more flying than BNE... could change though.
The C Contract people are being worked like dogs and they are already feeling the effects apparently. Sick Leave is going up.
BTW, Mel base seems to have a bit more flying than BNE... could change though.
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Does MAM have?
Hey, Just wondering. Does MAM provide the Casual QF employees sick leave or annual leave? And what are the chances of progressing up to parttime/fulltime through MAM? Will QF ever hire again or its all going through MAM now (to the best of your knowledge obviously... no one knows what QF are going to do forever)...And another question, if you work QFLink, can you progress to QFS/L Haul part/full time? Or Qantas is no longer hiring fulltime/part time AT ALL?
Cheers for your help,
PER210
Cheers for your help,
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Hello everyone.
Well I was lucky enough to attend one of MAM recruitment drives in Perth this monday and was only one of five in my day that actually made it to the panel interview.
From what I gather they are looking for anyone who speaks an asain language and quickly wrote it down when I said I understand basic writen and verbal Japanese.
We were told that if successful we would be crewing flights out of Perth to the followin destinations (please amend if something is wrong)
Perth - Jakarta
Perth - Denpasar
Perth - Singapore
Singapore - Bombay (Strange cause thought is was direct from SYD)
Perth - Hong kong
Perth - Tokyo
I would be intrested to know if anyone actually attended the Perth recuriment especially the one on the 13th (give us a pm)
Its just the wait thats annoying.
Regards a previous post I dont think that mam provide the casual F/A annual leave and sick leave due to the fact that your on a casual wage/award.
But being young, hell if the hours are there to work then of course you would work
Catchya
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Well I was lucky enough to attend one of MAM recruitment drives in Perth this monday and was only one of five in my day that actually made it to the panel interview.
From what I gather they are looking for anyone who speaks an asain language and quickly wrote it down when I said I understand basic writen and verbal Japanese.
We were told that if successful we would be crewing flights out of Perth to the followin destinations (please amend if something is wrong)
Perth - Jakarta
Perth - Denpasar
Perth - Singapore
Singapore - Bombay (Strange cause thought is was direct from SYD)
Perth - Hong kong
Perth - Tokyo
I would be intrested to know if anyone actually attended the Perth recuriment especially the one on the 13th (give us a pm)
Its just the wait thats annoying.
Regards a previous post I dont think that mam provide the casual F/A annual leave and sick leave due to the fact that your on a casual wage/award.
But being young, hell if the hours are there to work then of course you would work
Catchya
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Hello all,
I would like anyone who works for qantas SH to let me know wat type of flying I can expect out of MEL? Roughly how many overnites should I expect per month and what are the cities/;countries most frequented by MAM MEL base CC?
Cheers
I would like anyone who works for qantas SH to let me know wat type of flying I can expect out of MEL? Roughly how many overnites should I expect per month and what are the cities/;countries most frequented by MAM MEL base CC?
Cheers
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Hi Spunksta
I have friends who fly both QF Perm S/H and MAM. Since the introduction of Carmen (people can correct we if I'm wrong here), the patterns for each base are no longer consistent month to month. So its very hard to say what you'll be getting.
Also as a casual your role is to cover sick leave and dumped patterns by the full-timers, once again not always predictable. This may include a few trips, regionals and the like, but from what I know out of MEL MAM crew get a lot of SYD shuttles which has you back home at the end of the day.
If you've accepted MAM I'd just go with the flow. If you start to expect too much by way of trips, regionals etc you might end up disappointed cause as I've said the work can be hit and miss.
Cheers and I hope you enjoy the change from pringles, latex gloves and digiplayers
I have friends who fly both QF Perm S/H and MAM. Since the introduction of Carmen (people can correct we if I'm wrong here), the patterns for each base are no longer consistent month to month. So its very hard to say what you'll be getting.
Also as a casual your role is to cover sick leave and dumped patterns by the full-timers, once again not always predictable. This may include a few trips, regionals and the like, but from what I know out of MEL MAM crew get a lot of SYD shuttles which has you back home at the end of the day.
If you've accepted MAM I'd just go with the flow. If you start to expect too much by way of trips, regionals etc you might end up disappointed cause as I've said the work can be hit and miss.
Cheers and I hope you enjoy the change from pringles, latex gloves and digiplayers
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Hello SkyStar,
Mate it aint all it's cracked up to be unfortunately. Half of those destinations you wont be overnighting in. You will be flying to all of them but it's going to be hard work. Example, Perth-Bali-Singapore return on B737. Mate this is a tough roster but the flight times allow you to do it, 3 hrs to Bali, 1 hr transit then 2 hrs to SIN, turn around and come back the same way. Same as Jakarta, it's a return flight. Trust me this is horror flying at it's worst. I have done it with layovers in Bali and it killed me. Good luck, you can have these flights.
Mate it aint all it's cracked up to be unfortunately. Half of those destinations you wont be overnighting in. You will be flying to all of them but it's going to be hard work. Example, Perth-Bali-Singapore return on B737. Mate this is a tough roster but the flight times allow you to do it, 3 hrs to Bali, 1 hr transit then 2 hrs to SIN, turn around and come back the same way. Same as Jakarta, it's a return flight. Trust me this is horror flying at it's worst. I have done it with layovers in Bali and it killed me. Good luck, you can have these flights.
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The bottom line is if u wanna fly then u wont need to worry about the type of flying you do- Sure the patterns are harder and slip time in ports has reduced but the worl has changed and the industry has changed u need to move with the times. I get tired of crew bitching all the time on board the aircraft and complaining its so DRAINING and negative. Its the same in here, it is what it is and u cant change the things all u can do is roll with it. And the end of the day there are others worse off - u could be stuck in an office, you dont all realise how good we got it..
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all contracts will be cancelled in a few months by MAM. QF only wants one contract, having 3 is a nightmare. Many new contract C crew are leaving, reason fatigue!
Casuals are in for many many changes over the coming months, take the new contract or here is the door! good luck to you all!
Greek angel maybe crew bitch and whine cause of the politics, go work in an office, and its the same hunny. Its common knowledge that crew are known to be whingers. Just look at the casuals, many tend to do only regional or only trips, how does that happen.
Im glad I left...enjoy the blood bath!
Casuals are in for many many changes over the coming months, take the new contract or here is the door! good luck to you all!
Greek angel maybe crew bitch and whine cause of the politics, go work in an office, and its the same hunny. Its common knowledge that crew are known to be whingers. Just look at the casuals, many tend to do only regional or only trips, how does that happen.
Im glad I left...enjoy the blood bath!
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MAMSLAVE - Im glad ur happy with ur decision, however I;m happy with my job - i enjoy flying and really want to be there unlike the other 65%. My point is if ur not happy flying and come to work to bitch about it then people should leave and let us that want to be there enjoy oursleves. Im not there to listen to peoples 
thats not what im paid for. And as for working in an office well thats like comparing apples and oranges, or even day with nite....totally differnet environment and energy. 
thats not what im paid for. And as for working in an office well thats like comparing apples and oranges, or even day with nite....totally differnet environment and energy.
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Hello all,
Thanks for your response missleadfoot its always intresting to figure out what I will be up to anyway.
The way that I currently look at it i am the right side of 20 (i.e 19) adn well I have my diploma in accounting and I want to strech my wings, and enjoy myself aswell as getting paid for it.
I have a passion for aviation and was'nt accademic enough to get grades for a pilot etc.
From Perth, does anyone know if anyone has recieved phone calls about securing the job with MAM?
Cheers
skystar320
Thanks for your response missleadfoot its always intresting to figure out what I will be up to anyway.
The way that I currently look at it i am the right side of 20 (i.e 19) adn well I have my diploma in accounting and I want to strech my wings, and enjoy myself aswell as getting paid for it.
I have a passion for aviation and was'nt accademic enough to get grades for a pilot etc.
From Perth, does anyone know if anyone has recieved phone calls about securing the job with MAM?
Cheers
skystar320
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Cabin Crew
Hey guys ...
just curiious is there like a limit of aircraft types you can operate as a cabin crew.. ie.// like 737 and 767 is two types ... or you can operate and learn to work in as many aircraft types
thanks in advace
oneworldairline
just curiious is there like a limit of aircraft types you can operate as a cabin crew.. ie.// like 737 and 767 is two types ... or you can operate and learn to work in as many aircraft types
thanks in advace
oneworldairline
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skystar i got a call last friday to begin my training in Melbourne in January 
) I went to the assesment centre way back in August, didnt think that they would call me but they did!
so exciting ! did anyone else get in from Perth?
) I went to the assesment centre way back in August, didnt think that they would call me but they did!so exciting ! did anyone else get in from Perth?
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babijules,
Congrats on getting a start date! I know what it's like to be wating for ages, I've been waiting since June coz they mucked a few things up with me. What date did they say your training started in January and how long ago did you do your medical? I heard that there was another ground school starting for Perth people in early December - but maybe they have already filled that one? Have you got your contract yet? Sorry so many questions
Congrats on getting a start date! I know what it's like to be wating for ages, I've been waiting since June coz they mucked a few things up with me. What date did they say your training started in January and how long ago did you do your medical? I heard that there was another ground school starting for Perth people in early December - but maybe they have already filled that one? Have you got your contract yet? Sorry so many questions