China Southern have invested in an ab-initio to CPL + IR pilot training resource in Australia to supply it with the pilots it needs to maintain the growing pilot requirement of its domestic and International RPT flight operations in China. The pilot trainees are recruited off the street and given all the training they need to be competent FO on A320/330/340, B737/787 or EMB190.
The cadets live off a meager allowance, enough to buy noodles and tea and the occasional pizza as a luxury. They are bonded to the company for about half a life-time to pay back the money invested in their training. They show up on-time prepared for the lesson, they work hard, and you never hear them complain about anything. As long as WeChat works on their phone they are happy.
And when they get to China with a freshly minted CASA CPL they enter a training pipeline with about $500+ million USD of facilities and hardware to make them job ready.
Name me one Australian airline that does that?
Oh yeah, Jetstar tried to bond pilots who they invested training in and they got rolled in Court for it.