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Casual CC in Oz (Altara or MAM)

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  Topic Started By:  Dying_to_fly    On:  Tue 2nd August, 2011 at 02:15
Dying_to_fly
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Australia
#1  Casual CC in Oz (Altara or MAM)  Posted 02/08/2011 at 02:15
Hi guys, I've never worked as CC, but am very keen to start. Last week, I went to a Jetstar (Altara) interview for a Sept 12 GS in MEL and was offered the position today. I've also applied for Qantas (MAM casual) and have that interview next Monday the 8th. The QF role definitely sounds better - the 20 guaranteed days would certainly appeal to me, despite having little say in when you actually work. JQ was very fortright in telling us that our hours could very much drop in non-peak times to 10 hours/wk in bad months. My indecision lies in the future of each role. With JQ growing rapidly & still young, I understand that the opportunity to go full-time OR to transfer to a training role is there (albeit competitive I'm sure - I'm from a customer service manager background in a retail headoffice, so staff training may interest me once I'm worn out from flying). Casual seems like the future for QF & there appears to be zero chance to transfer from casual to mainstream cabin crew. Any advice or views on either company would be very much appreciated. QF interview isn't until next week, so their may well be no decision to make, but any ideas if casual GS's are scheduled for the near future? With the voluntary redundancies on offer, I'm wondering whether recruitment will be put on hold? Thanks :)
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GotMyWings
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#2  Re: Casual CC in Oz (Altara or MAM)  Posted 07/11/2011 at 00:07
In reply to post #1...
Many JQ casuals are now at other airlines. The ones I know all got ridiculously low hour rosters that they couldn't survive on and further they couldn't have another job because of availability requirements. You'd have to be rich and sit at home all day waiting to be called to fly to make a go of it. But why would anyone fitting that description other with working for JQ? MAM casuals get work and enough of it, but invariably get annoyed with the whole 'you're just a casual' attitude from other staff. Many of those are also at other airlines too.
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karlieni
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#3  Re: Casual CC in Oz (Altara or MAM)  Posted 10/11/2011 at 04:36
In reply to post #1...
I know recruitment for Qantas/MAM isn't on hold because I've been offered a position. There are a few ground schools coming up in the next 1-2 months that I'm aware of. With Qantas/MAM, while you have to be available for 20 days per month, that doesn't mean you'll get a minimum number of hours unfortunately (one recruiter told me it was fairly consistent and not to worry despite there not being a minimum, while another said hours could drop during quieter times). That's always going to be a concern with casual work though.
Edited 10/11/2011 @ 04:39 Revision #1
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