Qantaslink - Recruitment and Progression

[Cessna Jockey]

How so? Care to elaborate? Genuinely curious about this statement as a person trying to get back home.

Far cheaper to employ someone from the outside than to steal a pilot from a subsidiary to fill a spot within J* or Q mainline. Otherwise you now have to train TWO pilots instead of one?

I'm sure you'll see a post or two preaching how times are changing because 50 something cadets just received offers to go across to Qantas mainline, but they were part of the original Qantas mainline cadetship a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away. There were no jobs for them at the time so they were banished to the Dash.

Qantas is run by penny pinching accountants, not pilots. Training costs money.

[Going Nowhere]

Dinloc,

The next few ground schools are for the Q400 and people have already been notified of this. After that, it's meant to be only classic. But who knows.

Everyone will end up on the Q400 in the next few years anyway. QLD-based probably sooner than SYD/ADL.

[Density]

Originally Posted by Fonz121

And a 99.9% chance you'll never work at mainline or Jet* in the future. If your endgame is to fly a jet in Aus. go to VARA instead. Working at Qlink severely limits your career progression these days.

Why would you offer such misinformed and delusional information?? Have you seen what progression VARA are offering particularly in the future? Besides flying a jet isn't the be all and end all...yeah it is good for first 2 months then it is boring as rocking horse poo. Much rather fly turboprops in and out of regionals and capital cities.

[outoftime]

Originally Posted by QNH1020

Would anyone be able to share some information on possible up coming courses. Been on the "active hold file" for a while and no luck on a course, even though I'm guessing recruitment is still on going. Cheers.

I've heard some people were called this week for courses starting late April. Hope that helps.