True... since ‘92, by the grace of the Sky Gods, never been furloughed.;)

"we are unionized in the USA so there is limited job protection verses an expat gig being at the mercy of the employer and can be let go on a whim."

QF is unionized probably more so than any US legacy carrier, the work rules book is thicker than the aircraft manual.

Do QF still provide hotel rooms and cash allowances in home cities?

Now...were you being sarcastic about the never been furloughed part? Lol

Qantas has a very good reputation regarding union stuff I assume. I was referring more to jobs like the ME3 and such..

Can't be that bad, or is it? I had the best crew meals ever when I worked for an overseas carrier.

By the grace of the Sky Gods, never experienced the “F” word overseas. Took a voluntary furlough from HP in 1991 which lead me to my first contract overseas. Never looked back.

Amen. Only thing missing was the breadsticks anc cognac. But seriously crew meals were no less than business class grade on ceramics and real adult silver ware.

Beats the Bon Fare crew meal layout for sure.

The Qantas recruitment team were in Hawaii a few days ago for a roadshow looking for Dash 8 drivers for their Qantaslink regional.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update...94678151188480

Anyone attend?

The one thing I would add, having flown in both countries, is that it's a lot more fun to fly in the USA. ATC in AUS is the worst; it's 'us and them' all the time, whereas a lot of controllers are private pilots in the US and it shows in how well they treat you. You also don't get the huge variations in wx and geography the US has which keeps things interesting, not to mention all the different sorts of aircraft you'll encounter on a daily basis.

I agree, it's hard to beat the lifestyle in AUS, but we sure pay for it...

That visa looks like the one you'd need for a holiday or if you were traveling on business.

Getting a work visa is a completely different animal. I'd speculate that it's almost impossible that a local airline would sponsor you unless the experience you had was in very short supply (turboprop driver type experience)