Question about Qantas pilots
 

2 quick q's:

How long to go from S/O to F/O

and what is salary of S/O, say on the 767 or A330.

Cheers

I thought there were no more S/Os on 767s? Only 747s and A330s.

If I remember correctly, salary for S/Os start from 70K depending on seniority.

Hey Flyboy

wouldn't EVERY SO start at the bottom of the seniority list?

:=

Five to seven years depedning on which base you want promotion in.

A command other than AO is looking at 13 plus years at the moment.

Keg, I'm not sure there'll be too many guys getting commands at AO any time soon.

Havent they shut AO down for Jetstar to take over?

Aussie

AO Promotion
 

I've just heard 4 - 6 command slots about to be (or just) advertised to cover more returning pilots and possible increases in flying as the AO operation gains access to the entire QF B767 fleet.

After July 1st( me thinks) AO will be known as the "Australian Airlines Wet Leasing Company" A big mouthfull for a holding company to further erode pilots wages and conditions. Consider this AAWLC will be flown by Qantas pilots,in Qantas uniforms, in Qantas aeroplanes ,painted in Qantas colours,wet leased back to Qantas. A shell of a company by anyone's standards.Another section 298K court action in the wind?
So why would Qantas do it?
Have a think ,a large number of the pilots in AO were promoted out of seniority. Now that the days are numbered for said company of course these newly promoted Captains and First Officers don't wish to come back to mainline and get dumped back in rank as per the LOA and as their relative seniority will dictate.

No conspiracy here move along now.

Don't think for one minute that this isn't a ploy to use seniority against the pilot body and to further try and destabilise Qantas' pilot's union.

As a betting man I would say the boys and girls in Cairns will have until JetSar International is up to strength before AAWLC is closed down totally and the remaining pilots from the long gone Australian Airlines are offered JetStar contracts.

Short term gain for long term pain?

Start asking questions and think long and hard before signing that dotted line.