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#1 Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 29/08/2011 at 08:13 |
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Hi all,
I would love a cabin crew job but wonder if my age would go against me. I'm 51, a Registered Nurse who speaks two languages, and healthy and fit. Should I bother applying? |
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#2 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 01/10/2011 at 18:47 |
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Hi there,
No, there is never an age that is 'too old'! As long as you meet all the requirements (can swim 25m, can reach to a certain height etc) you'll be fine.
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#3 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 07/11/2011 at 01:27 |
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Never to old
I'm 37 an Enrolled Nurse and giving it a go.
When I did my training as an EN there was a 60 year old training and she got a job as a nurse.
i think they look at life experience and what you can bring to the role. |
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#4 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 07/11/2011 at 09:12 |
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Originally posted by flyloNever to old
I'm 37 an Enrolled Nurse and giving it a go.
When I did my training as an EN there was a 60 year old training and she got a job as a nurse.
i think they look at life experience and what you can bring to the role.
You may as well know this now then. You'll be taking a big pay cut to be cabin crew. Starting salary is only $650 pw + o'night allowance of $105 a night. Half of the flying out of Perth is day trips though, so you won't be getting that many overnights per month. |
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#5 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 08/11/2011 at 07:43 |
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| Enrolled Nurses don't get paid alot - even though we work the same hours and only do 3 things less then Registered nurses |
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#6 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 08/11/2011 at 12:27 |
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| Plus I want to increase my working hours, but don't want to where I currently work on a high volumne turnover surgical ward, I can see myself burnt out with in another year. Nursing is full on and me being an EN do the same work and get hardly anypay for it. I have reached the top of where I can go with out going back to Uni, and I feel cabin crew can venture into different roles after ie training etc supervisor |
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#7 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 18/12/2011 at 13:07 |
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Hi guys,
do Virgin Australia have any DTA...pay from when you sign on to sign off or is it just $104 for overnights?
Is anyone else out there waiting for a Perth ground school in the new year and not heard anything? I had to turn down a start date on the 17th nov and now I'm waiting to be contacted again for next years groundschool. I have emailed a few times and tried to find out whats going on but I've had no reply.
Just have to keep waiting I suppose and maybe might get some movement after the AD on the 20th Dec.
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#8 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 18/12/2011 at 13:29 |
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Hi Guys,
anyone who currently flies out of Perth tell me roughly how many overnights you'd get a month? 
Thanks so much |
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#9 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 27/02/2012 at 08:14 |
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Would they be 1, 2 and 3 years + of University?  |
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#10 Re: Virgin Australia Cabin Crew Posted 15/03/2012 at 04:52 |
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Hmm, not too sure to most of your questions, but i did hear on the radio this morning that some airline (i think maybe tiger??) are recruiting cabin crew at the moment. I'm in Adelaide though, so not sure if it's just our city or Australia wide.
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