Craggenmore - I am not sure your plan is entirely workable for Madrid. It would lead to alienating the entire workforce and not just the Madrid pilots. You are now discovering what I have learnt myself - it is an extremely emotive topic and opinions are growing stronger by the day!
Guy of Gisborne - A wise and informed view without a doubt. The big unknown in all of this is who are the key parties within flight ops. It will be very difficult indeed to recruit a high calibre western Flt Ops Director and associated Training Captains. Is there really anyone out there who currently holds a top airline senior management or training position and who is willing to give it up for a chance African start-up? Ultimately, to get those people is going to cost serious money and a lot of silvery-tongued marketing. Even with that, it will be an uphill struggle. Clearly we wish to encourage the advance of African aviation, but to bring the practices up to western standards will be enormously difficult. Nonetheless, it is going to be quite interesting to watch it all unfold!