Xulu8 From France, joined Sep 2007, 25 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 14541 times:
Hi I just have a question about Qantas cabin crew Uk. I just don't get it, if they are a seperate company, (an english subsidiary) do they have their own aircraft, or are they trained according to australian safety standards in order to fly the Australian jets? I am so confused, how does it work? Do the Australian crews bring in the plane from Australia to London, and then the english crews come in and fly the plane to asia and/or other european cities? Many thanks to whomever can help me understand.
Airbus A3XX From Australia, joined May 1999, 507 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 14546 times:
Crew who work in Qantas Cabin Crew UK are trained no different to any other Qantas Cabin Crew based in BKK/AKL and Australia. They operate Qantas flights from LHR to SIN/BKK/HKG only.
Xulu8 From France, joined Sep 2007, 25 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 14522 times:
Okay so they are trained no differently, gotchya. So they are trained to Australian standards in order to fly on Australian registered aircraft? That is the rule is it not. Example an english crew member from a British airline cannot operate and work on a non british registered aircraft. Or does Quantas have english registered aircraft in London?
Alangirvan From New Zealand, joined Nov 2000, 2091 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 14274 times:
Is Qantas a Qango? Or Quango? Quasi Autonomous Non Government Organisation? Qango sounds like a good name for Low Cost Carrier. In Canada they had Tango, and in South Africa they have Mango. A new ice cream flavour?
ThomasCook From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 719 posts, RR: 9 Reply 9, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 13972 times:
Hey!
I'm crew for Qantas Cabin Crew (UK) - just landed back from BKK and now in the YOTEL at Terminal 4. The base works tremendously well for Qantas as a company and is a very happy place to work. We have around 400 crew so you get chance to get to know people, we operate QF002/001, QF010/009 and QF030/029 to BKK, SIN and HKG respectivley. Australian based crew operate the QF031/032 to SYD via SIN. We all undergo a approx. 7 week training course out of Cranebank however this will soon move to our own training facility in Hammersmith. The course is the same as that undertaken by crew based in Australia and we are trained to CASA standards.
Let me know if theres anything else you would like to ask...
Sam1987 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2005, 939 posts, RR: 1 Reply 10, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 13964 times:
Quoting ThomasCook (Reply 9): Let me know if theres anything else you would like to ask...
I'd like to know whether you've actually been to Australia?!
It would appear that it is possible to be cabin crew for an Australian airline without actually going to Australia, seeing as you only operate flights to HKG, BKK and SIN.... most bizarre!
Does it ever get boring only operating to three destinations?
Next flights: LGW-LBA-LGW, LHR-SIN-SYD, SYD-BKK-LHR, LGW-GRO, GRO-CIA, CIA-MAD, MAD-LGW
LHR777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 13935 times:
Quoting ThomasCook (Reply 9): We all undergo a approx. 7 week training course out of Cranebank however this will soon move to our own training facility in Hammersmith.
Just a question - your training at Cranebank - is that delivered by BA trainers or QF trainers?
LHR27C From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 1279 posts, RR: 18 Reply 12, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 13913 times:
Quoting Sam1987 (Reply 10):
I'd like to know whether you've actually been to Australia?!
It would appear that it is possible to be cabin crew for an Australian airline without actually going to Australia, seeing as you only operate flights to HKG, BKK and SIN.... most bizarre!
If memory serves correct, Sam, NZ also have a UK cabin crew base whose crew operate LHR-LAX and LHR-HKG only (at least, when I flew LHR-HKG with them, virtually all the crew were English). So it's not unique to QF.
Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned forever skyward
Not really. It allows saving one hotel crew rest for each LHR trip. i.e. Oz cabin crew operate MEL-SIN-MEL and LHR crew operate LHR-SIN-LHR. That's 2x rests in SIN. Otherwise you'd need an additional rest in LHR.
ThomasCook From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2004, 719 posts, RR: 9 Reply 16, posted (5 years 4 weeks 1 day ago) and read 12112 times:
Quoting Sam1987 (Reply 10): I'd like to know whether you've actually been to Australia?!
It would appear that it is possible to be cabin crew for an Australian airline without actually going to Australia, seeing as you only operate flights to HKG, BKK and SIN.... most bizarre!
Does it ever get boring only operating to three destinations?
Not bizarre in the least! The destinations we fly to are so diverse and different from each other that it does not get boring! We get to go to each of the 3 cities regularly which gives us the opportunity to see more of them and visit other places such as Macau on a HKG trip.
Quoting LHR777 (Reply 11): Just a question - your training at Cranebank - is that delivered by BA trainers or QF trainers?
We have our own trainers, training facilities and rooms at Cranebank.
Quoting ANstar (Reply 13): It wasn';t a requirement, however a general knowledge of Australia culture ewtc was required for employee's
Thanks for the welcome!
I am a Tourism Australia 'Aussie Specialist' so have quite a good knowledge of Australia as do most of our non-Australian crew however on most of our flights we have an even mix of Australian crew (that have transfered to London base) and non-Australian crew.
United also have a London base and don't BA have Indian based crew?
All our ICC's (International Cabin Crew) are BA mainline employees. BA currently has ICC bases in
EZE/GRU/MEX/MAA/BLR/DAC/BOM/DEL/BAH/AUH/CAI/SIN/HKG and not sure if there still is or it will reopen soon GIG
BA's ICC's play a very valuable role to the company and work along side LHR based mainline crew.
So i guess QF uk is like ICC is to BA except all the crew are LHR based.
I have had the pleasure of meeting quite a few of our QF collegues in SIN/HKG and BKK and both the UK and OZ based crew are some of the most, friendly, welcoming and genuinly nice crew I have come across down route and as alot of the flights depart around the same time ex the far east you often get a l hello or have a nice flight with a smile when passing in the lobby as the crews are leaving.
QF must be doing something right with there recruitment as there crew always look happy even after 13hr sectors There are some other airlines who shall not be named could learn alot from the sucess of QF's LHR base.
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