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Well! Look who's getting into Freighters!

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Old 16th August 2006 | 11:57
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Well! Look who's getting into Freighters!

Becoming a pilot with us ...
At Express Freighters Australia we look for crew who are professional, hardworking, safety conscious, have good interpersonal skills, and are 'team players'.
If this sound like you and you meet the below criteria, we look forward to receiving your application.
Licences/Ratings:
  • Captains - a valid Australian ATPL
  • First Officers - a valid Australian ATPL
  • Valid Class 1 Medical.
  • Multi-Engine Instrument Rating.
  • 737-300 Type Rating (Preferred).
Minimum Experience:
Direct Entry Captain Positions:
  • Total Time - 5000 hours.
  • Command Time > 40,000kg: 3000 hours.
First Officer Positions:
  • Total Time - 3000 hours.
  • Multi-Engine Time - 1500 hours.
Other:
Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency.

IF anyone's interested, this is Qantas' new freight carrier! And they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks...
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Old 12th September 2006 | 19:53
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Buster, I'd be interested in any other info you could pass on, or direct me to.

I fall short of the hours perhaps, but hope that experience and age might counter this....?
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Old 13th September 2006 | 06:43
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Sorry Flyboy, I don't have any more to pass on to you other than what's on the website. Good luck anyway
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Old 13th September 2006 | 07:13
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A good friend of mine was offered an interview, he meets all the requirements and wants to move home to Aus. Testing was the typical “QF Space Shuttle Testing” followed by Sim. Salary would not be discussed, he was told it was “negotiable” with the MD.

All was looking good and he was set to come back to oz then recruitment went cold.

No response to email, no follow up at all.


A few days later I was speaking to a mainline FO mate, he said that some of the mainline SO’s had been offered places with EFA in order to fill seats and stop ongoing empty bid lines in mainline.

This would go most of the way to explaining the lack of response from EFA
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Old 13th September 2006 | 21:26
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Rumours of QF 737-400's going to this mob.
Since the 300's were such a success.
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Old 13th September 2006 | 22:42
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There was something on Dunnunda about one of the 733's conversion being screwed up big time. Airframe write off I think...
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Old 16th September 2006 | 01:15
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733 conversion

Buster Hyman said:
There was something on Dunnunda about one of the 733's conversion being screwed up big time. Airframe write off I think...
Can't seem to find that.
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Old 16th September 2006 | 08:46
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This one mentions it. See post 148 here as well.

I can't recall the exact thread where someone mentioned the airframe loss, I apologise...BTW, Danny took a big broom through Dunnunda recently & perhaps it went at that time.

Sorry.
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Old 27th October 2006 | 11:15
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Now it looks like DJ (Virgin Blue) are getting into the freight act! Possibly with 737's...go have a look on Dunnunda chaps.
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