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I believe someone made a post recently suggesting a number of these former 330/777 crew have been forced to head North looking for GA work in Darwin and out bush given there is not much hiring likely to be going on in this part of the world for the foreseeable future…
So if it is true or not I have no idea but do hope they find their way back to a job again soon.
There also appears to be one heck of a list of boys and girls trying to get back in the game from VANZ, Tiger and others unfortunately who all were shafted as well. I personally know a handful who haven’t touched a plane in a damn long time now, not for lack of trying their butts off.
So if it is true or not I have no idea but do hope they find their way back to a job again soon.
There also appears to be one heck of a list of boys and girls trying to get back in the game from VANZ, Tiger and others unfortunately who all were shafted as well. I personally know a handful who haven’t touched a plane in a damn long time now, not for lack of trying their butts off.
The challenge many are facing from who I’ve spoken to is age, on each side of the seat, they acknowledge they might be waiting 5-7 years for something of substance. However they are now late 50s or cracked 60. The chances of getting hired are slim. The wife is looking at retirement not moving around again.
I know a GA operation in the Far North area that’s received 200 resumes in the last year. The trend is the same. VA/VANZ/TT/Expat.
The challenge many are facing from who I’ve spoken to is age, on each side of the seat, they acknowledge they might be waiting 5-7 years for something of substance. However they are now late 50s or cracked 60. The chances of getting hired are slim. The wife is looking at retirement not moving around again.
The challenge many are facing from who I’ve spoken to is age, on each side of the seat, they acknowledge they might be waiting 5-7 years for something of substance. However they are now late 50s or cracked 60. The chances of getting hired are slim. The wife is looking at retirement not moving around again.
Virgin have hung on to their Haneda slot with an extension to Oct 31st . They’ll have to either let it go or make some sort of commitment to utilise it if Japan becomes one of the travel bubbles. Interesting that the ACCC knocked back the QF / JAL alliance application. I do not know if it is permissible to have an alliance partner (ANA) operate your slot ?
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Many good people out on the street. Recovery might be quicker than 5-7 years I’d think but still not an enviable position to be in. One would think 787s will be on the agenda again or ordered at outstanding rates whilst the market is depressed and prior to offloading of the business.
Yeah, right. Bain is as Bain does. I take it all with less than a grain of salt - and any of my former colleagues who think it'll play out as originally promised is delusional. And if it did, you can be sure it would be on T&Cs that would be akin to getting the royal pineapple treatment at every sign-on. I'm not holding my breath on 'ifs' or 'maybes' but playing the card I've been dealt. I've made my peace with the idea that my airline career is over. Whilst it's not how I planned or wanted things to go, if nothing else, at least it's pushed me to finally pursue a long-held goal of going Stateside, completing my FAA ATP and getting into a corporate jet job opportunity. As such, I've been luckier than some and I am already seeing light at the end of the tunnel. I have many friends and family in the US, so the wife and I have been quite happy to "escape" Dictator Dan's Demokratic People's Republic of Viktoria for the Land of the Free. That said, the most heart-breaking aspect for me - aside from seeing VA reduced to a shell of its former self - has been witnessing a wealth of industry experience lost, never to be shared again with the next group of up-and-comers. Yeah, we lost a lot of good soldiers this last year...
P.S. As a side-note, regarding an aforementioned 500,000 people in the US taking a "dirt nap", I think some perspective is in order. There's 330 million people over here. Covid is real. People have died. That's a tragedy. But for cryin' out loud, we're pilots! We, of all people, should understand the meaning of the words, 'risk management'. Simply being alive at all means accepting a certain amount of risk - and there's 1,001 things that can kill you every day, just by getting out of bed. Covid is only one more. So sure, you can "stay safe" and never go outside again until no-one dies anymore, or you can stop living in fear and get on with life. You know what... For a virus with a frickin' 99% recovery rate, I'll take my chances. Most Americans around me right now would agree - and I'm glad for it because frankly I was getting sick of being surrounded by 'Chicken Little' Aussies who were jumping at their own shadows. The genie's out of the bottle and we live in a Covid world. Meanwhile, it's time we stopped letting this virus dominate every aspect of our daily lives and conversations.
Many good people out on the street. Recovery might be quicker than 5-7 years I’d think but still not an enviable position to be in. One would think 787s will be on the agenda again or ordered at outstanding rates whilst the market is depressed and prior to offloading of the business.
More so, I suspect the days of heavily discounted shiny new jets is vanishing very quickly as the rest of the world opens up and people hit the skies again. Just look at the US, hundreds of jets parked and stored and within a matter of a month or so ALL of them are being brought out again as quickly as they can do it and virtually every airline is hiring again. I'm sure Europe and beyond won't be far behind if the trend follows suit.
Has the U.S domestic market taken off again? good on them if it has, the world is putting us to shame.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case, gov said mid 2022 maybe for international. It would be nice if they told us what is changing in mid 2022 that is different now so we know where the goal line is.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case, gov said mid 2022 maybe for international. It would be nice if they told us what is changing in mid 2022 that is different now so we know where the goal line is.
Has the U.S domestic market taken off again? good on them if it has, the world is putting us to shame.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case, gov said mid 2022 maybe for international. It would be nice if they told us what is changing in mid 2022 that is different now so we know where the goal line is.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case, gov said mid 2022 maybe for international. It would be nice if they told us what is changing in mid 2022 that is different now so we know where the goal line is.
The governments hint last night that the international borders won’t be opening until mid 2022 at best is a disgrace. As is the fact that there will be a delay between the borders opening and the population being fully immunised. We ought to be ashamed of the way the federal government has handled the vaccine rollout and the federal border closure - but alas these politicians with their populous nonsense are never held to any account.
Has the U.S domestic market taken off again? good on them if it has, the world is putting us to shame.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case, gov said mid 2022 maybe for international. It would be nice if they told us what is changing in mid 2022 that is different now so we know where the goal line is.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case, gov said mid 2022 maybe for international. It would be nice if they told us what is changing in mid 2022 that is different now so we know where the goal line is.
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Has the U.S domestic market taken off again? good on them if it has, the world is putting us to shame.
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case
They must lough loudly that we close a city over one case
America's messed up and has no shortage of its own problems, but at least there are enough people here (not all of them 'evil orange man' supporters either) that, when sleepy Joe and Kamala say they want to lock the whole country down, the response is, "get stuffed". I used to think Americans were crazy with their gun culture and other peculiarities, but I am becoming more and more sympathetic - even agreeable - with their ways. To them, nothing is worth sacrificing individual liberties and freedoms for - not even a virus with a 99% recovery rate. And if Australia's idea of keeping everyone safe in the future is to become a hermit nation and never let anyone go anywhere or do anything, personally I'd rather live dangerously. What's that line from the classic Midnight Oil hit...? "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees".
Apologies for thread drift. By the way, I'm not interested in airline jobs in the US (been there done that), but whether it's major airlines, regionals or corporate, it seems like things are starting to get very busy here again - at least that's been my perspective from what I've seen so far.
As a pilot you should be very worried about Covid 19 Infection. Early studies have found evidence that as high as 70% of infected individuals have recovered from the virus, but have been left with lasting damage to heart and lung tissue. How this will affect medicals in the future who knows. Asides from that, recovery rate is 98% recovered directly from Covid infection, this does not include lingering side effects from damage caused, just means you did not die directly from the virus. Some statistics to think of, Influenza killed 22,000 in the 2019-2020 US season, a big difference to the 500,000 deaths from Covid in one year. What this has to do with Virgin, I don't know, as it was stuffed well before Covid came along.
I used to think Americans were crazy with their gun culture and other peculiarities, but I am becoming more and more sympathetic - even agreeable - with their ways. To them, nothing is worth sacrificing individual liberties and freedoms for - not even a virus with a 99% recovery rate. And if Australia's idea of keeping everyone safe in the future is to become a hermit nation and never let anyone go anywhere or do anything, personally I'd rather live dangerously. What's that line from the classic Midnight Oil hit...? "It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees".
Pilots + using the term "Leftards" seems to be a match made in heaven.
Is it this type of person who is drawn to the industry, or do they morph into a Sky News lover due to the job?
Is it this type of person who is drawn to the industry, or do they morph into a Sky News lover due to the job?
As a pilot you should be very worried about Covid 19 Infection. Early studies have found evidence that as high as 70% of infected individuals have recovered from the virus, but have been left with lasting damage to heart and lung tissue. How this will affect medicals in the future who knows. Asides from that, recovery rate is 98% recovered directly from Covid infection, this does not include lingering side effects from damage caused, just means you did not die directly from the virus. Some statistics to think of, Influenza killed 22,000 in the 2019-2020 US season, a big difference to the 500,000 deaths from Covid in one year. What this has to do with Virgin, I don't know, as it was stuffed well before Covid came along.
from influenza. How will it affect medicals? No different to any other respiratory illness you may or may not contract. But sure, keep trying to perpetuate the Covid boogeyman of uncertainty.
Covid has ravaged people with compromised immune systems and obesity. No surprise, there was a hell of a lot of those in the US that make up those death statistics. Live healthy, don't be a fat pig, take the vaccine if you are in a risk category and move on with your life. The rest of the world is not going to sit around like this for the next 10 years like you covid alarmists want to.
Covid has ravaged people with compromised immune systems and obesity. No surprise, there was a hell of a lot of those in the US that make up those death statistics. Live healthy, don't be a fat pig, take the vaccine if you are in a risk category and move on with your life. The rest of the world is not going to sit around like this for the next 10 years like you covid alarmists want to.
not sure when covid alarmists and fear merchants are going to give up beating this drum....it's getting tiresome. There simply isn't the data to back these claims up - and hence no serious studies have been or are being conducted as a result, because it's no different to lasting effects very small percentages get
from influenza. How will it affect medicals? No different to any other respiratory illness you may or may not contract. But sure, keep trying to perpetuate the Covid boogeyman of uncertainty.
from influenza. How will it affect medicals? No different to any other respiratory illness you may or may not contract. But sure, keep trying to perpetuate the Covid boogeyman of uncertainty.
If you ignore the actual studies being completed, otherwise you would know even why its worse. Covid causes coagulation and clotting in capillaries, this in turn causes inflammation of the heart, which has been found present in up to 60% of patients months after recovery. Not sure what respiratory diseases you are comparing it to as there are many varied types that have complications worse or milder, but not the infection rate we see with Covid. Knowing nurses that have caught Covid in Australia, have lasting lung problems 6 months after the infection due to damage caused, and cant carry out normal daily activities as a result. If you want to bury your head in the sand and ignore the actual science go ahead.
if it was of any concern we would have millions and millions of people all around the world totally debilitated by their covid recovery. We don't. That's why there is no serious concerns or urgency to study it. Very small proportions of people will have lasting ongoing issues, just like serious influenza cases. Sorry, nothing unique about Covid.
The ADAPT study, carried out by researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Kirby Institute, revealed around one-third of participants were still experiencing health problems 240 days (around eight months) later. It also found one in five still felt unwell after eight months.
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Low incidence of cases means not a lot of data here(AU), however there are a growing number of studies worldwide which indicate the long term side effects of COVID are greater than first believed.
The ADAPT study, carried out by researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Kirby Institute, revealed around one-third of participants were still experiencing health problems 240 days (around eight months) later. It also found one in five still felt unwell after eight months.
The ADAPT study, carried out by researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Kirby Institute, revealed around one-third of participants were still experiencing health problems 240 days (around eight months) later. It also found one in five still felt unwell after eight months.
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Low incidence of cases means not a lot of data here(AU), however there are a growing number of studies worldwide which indicate the long term side effects of COVID are greater than first believed.
The ADAPT study, carried out by researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Kirby Institute, revealed around one-third of participants were still experiencing health problems 240 days (around eight months) later. It also found one in five still felt unwell after eight months.
The ADAPT study, carried out by researchers at St Vincent’s Hospital and the Kirby Institute, revealed around one-third of participants were still experiencing health problems 240 days (around eight months) later. It also found one in five still felt unwell after eight months.
The symptoms seem to pretty vague, brain fog and malaise can be caused by depression or just feeling sorry for yourself.
Plenty of US athletes have gotten it, would be interesting to see if they have any performance change.
That’s the COVID paradox. The longer we look up each morning and see the sky hasn’t fallen in, the more Chicken Little’s run around telling us it’s just about to.