Qantas to hire thousands after COVID-19 cuts strain growth
Qantas has announced plans to create 8500 new jobs over the next decade to grow Australia’s biggest carrier now it’s back to reporting billion-dollar profits after COVID-19. The group made the commitment amid announcing plans to open an engineering academy in 2025 to train up to 300 engineers each year. Qantas said the academy would not only provide engineers for the airline but the broader aviation industry, including defence contractors, and said a particular focus would be to encourage more women to join the field. Qantas came under fire for axing 9800 roles from its 30,000-strong workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a $1 billion restructure. The Friday announcement prompted critics to accuse the carrier of using the hiring spree to re-correct the impact of its 2020 restructure. Qantas is currently appealing a Federal Court verdict that the airline’s decision in 2020 to outsource 1700 ground handling positions was unlawful. Qantas CE Alan Joyce said the carrier expects to create more than 2000 new jobs over the next 18 months and committed to incentivising new hires with cash bonuses and 25% airfare discounts. “During COVID we lost a lot of people who left the industry and that’s why we’re having to do this big recruitment this year and next year. They just didn’t know when the industry will come back, and I fully respect that we lost particularly a lot of cabin crew who went on to other jobs, and that’s what we’re improving at the moment on bandwidth.” Joyce dismissed fears the carrier will struggle to fill the roles and said 25,000 people applied for 2,500 vacancies at Qantas last year. He also doubled down on last week’s defence of the current cost of air travel and reassured customers prices will continue to fall as capacity and competition returns. The new roles to be created over the next decade will include 4500 new cabin crew positions, 1600 pilot roles, 800 engineers, and a further 1600 in other operational positions. Qantas employs about 23,500 people. The new recruits and replaced roles will bring the carrier up to a total headcount of 32,000 by 2033.<br/>
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Qantas to hire thousands after COVID-19 cuts strain growth
Qantas has announced plans to create 8500 new jobs over the next decade to grow Australia’s biggest carrier now it’s back to reporting billion-dollar profits after COVID-19. The group made the commitment amid announcing plans to open an engineering academy in 2025 to train up to 300 engineers each year. Qantas said the academy would not only provide engineers for the airline but the broader aviation industry, including defence contractors, and said a particular focus would be to encourage more women to join the field. Qantas came under fire for axing 9800 roles from its 30,000-strong workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of a $1 billion restructure. The Friday announcement prompted critics to accuse the carrier of using the hiring spree to re-correct the impact of its 2020 restructure. Qantas is currently appealing a Federal Court verdict that the airline’s decision in 2020 to outsource 1700 ground handling positions was unlawful. Qantas CE Alan Joyce said the carrier expects to create more than 2000 new jobs over the next 18 months and committed to incentivising new hires with cash bonuses and 25% airfare discounts. “During COVID we lost a lot of people who left the industry and that’s why we’re having to do this big recruitment this year and next year. They just didn’t know when the industry will come back, and I fully respect that we lost particularly a lot of cabin crew who went on to other jobs, and that’s what we’re improving at the moment on bandwidth.” Joyce dismissed fears the carrier will struggle to fill the roles and said 25,000 people applied for 2,500 vacancies at Qantas last year. He also doubled down on last week’s defence of the current cost of air travel and reassured customers prices will continue to fall as capacity and competition returns. The new roles to be created over the next decade will include 4500 new cabin crew positions, 1600 pilot roles, 800 engineers, and a further 1600 in other operational positions. Qantas employs about 23,500 people. The new recruits and replaced roles will bring the carrier up to a total headcount of 32,000 by 2033.<br/>
