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1. Australian pilot trainees wooed to NZ
CTC Aviation Training (NZ) Limited, a world-leading airline pilot training provider with a base in Hamilton, is wooing Australian trainees across the Tasman through a nationwide, Australian recruitment drive starting this month.
The company provides pilot graduates to Jetstar Australia, Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Pacific and a large number of European airlines.
CTC Aviation Training CEO, Ian Calvert, says in addition to continuing to recruit New Zealanders, the company is now actively recruiting pilots in Australia for the first time, due to increased airline demand.
"CTC is currently supplying pilots to Jetstar Australia, who require a number of pilots in the next 12 months. Plus, Jetstar Asia in Singapore has asked for 15 pilots in training by 31 March 2012.
"Additionally, CTC is in negotiations with major airlines in Asia, the Middle East and Europe who are all signalling a huge demand for pilots in both the short- and long-term. We currently train around 180 airline pilots in New Zealand each year. However, we estimate one year from now that number will rise to between 250 and 300.
"We are recruiting in Australia so that we can train enough pilots to ensure we continue to have the capacity to meet our airline partners' demands," explains Mr Calvert.
Mr Calvert said three key factors were putting pressure on airlines worldwide and resulting in increased demand for CTC graduates: large aircraft orders, increasing passenger numbers in Asia, and the aging pilot population.
"CTC is one of the world's leading airline pilot training providers and we're ready to leverage our leadership to capitalise on this emerging growth opportunity," he says.
Since launching the Jetstar Cadetship in 2009, CTC has trained 30 pilots from Australia and New Zealand for the programme. There are currently an additional 12 pilots in training with CTC on the Jetstar Cadet Programme.
The Australian cadets the company has trained, so far, selected CTC over Australian-based pilot training providers.
"The Australians who have sought out the opportunity to train with CTC in New Zealand have done so primarily for two reasons. Firstly, they recognise that CTC's unwavering commitment to producing the highest quality airline pilots is highly respected by the major airlines around the world with whom we work closely with.
"And, secondly, New Zealand is a familiar, yet exciting, country for Australian trainees to live and work. Many see the opportunity to spend some time here while completing their flight training as an added bonus," explains Mr Calvert.
CTC Aviation Training (NZ) Ltd will make presentations to interested potential trainees in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney this month.
CTC trains between 1200 -1900 aircrew for more than 50 global airlines each year. In addition to its crew training centre in Hamilton, New Zealand, it has a further three centres in Bournemouth and Southampton in the UK.
2. Qantas passengers spared further delays as strike grounds flights across the country
Qantas passengers will not face further delays tomorrow after the Transport Workers Union ruled out further strike action, saying people had been "inconvenienced enough".
More than 6000 domestic passengers across Australia faced delays today because of a strike by more than 4000 of the airline's ground staff over pay and conditions.
"Everyone will be going back (to work) at 11am (Tuesday). All the bans that were on will be stopped," union spokesman Mick Pieri told AAP.
"We think the public has been inconvenienced enough."
He said he believed the strikes, which workers had threatened to continue for 48 hours after walking off the job this morning, had sent "a pretty good message".
"It's up to Qantas now," he said.
Delays ranged from five minutes to 35 minutes, the Qantas website said, and all passengers on flights delayed more than 15 minutes were contacted by the airline. Overall, about 150 flights have been affected.
"Flights will start to get back to normal in the early afternoon, around lunchtime," Qantas spokesman Luke Enright told AAP.
Cairns, Adelaide and Canberra will be back on schedule by mid- to late afternoon.
The stoppage from 7am (AEST) went ahead after last-minute talks between the union and Qantas at Fair Work Australia failed to reach a resolution yesterday.
Earlier in the day, Olivia Wirth, Qantas group executive of government and corporate affairs, said progress could only be made if the union returned to the negotiating table and stopped the strike action.
"What it does take is for this sort of action to stop," she told the Seven Network.
"If they are serious about these discussions and representing their members, they need to continue their negotiations."
Ms Wirth defended the airline's track record as a good employer, saying it paid its baggage handlers 12 per cent more than Virgin staff.
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