The Australian Government (read that as, Australian Government as the puppet of the Australian Airlines puppet master) solution to pilot shortage in Australia is to open our borders to foreign pilots to work here. But the catch is, you must pay them the same as Australian pilots, and there is no real obligation on the Australian airlines to train Australians to do these jobs.
The China Government solution to pilot shortage in China was to train their own national pilots in Australia. But CASA did the ground and pound on them so they shut up shop and went elsewhere. China still gets the pilots it needs, and Canada gets all that training revenue from 40,000 training flight hours per year that was once flown at Jandakot and Merredin.
And about the South China Sea dispute mentioned earlier. China went and built stuff on it whilst everybody else just talked about it. And the stuff they built was probably built with steel made from Australian iron ore. And a China Southern A320 went down there and landed on the runway they built with it. Wouldn't it be a dose of karma if the pilot of that A320 had done his basic training at Jandakot airport. Imagine the headline, "Australian trained Chinese pilot first to land on disputed South China Sea island".
Singapore Airlines flight training school will be the next to go. Then you can sell off Jandakot Airport for residential development and make millions and millions of dollars in revenue. All you need to do is park the Police helicopter in the city, and the RFDS at Perth Airport, and no more need for Jandakot airport. Jandakot is prime real estate, Spud Shed and the bottle shop next to it will do a roaring trade.
Last edited by gulliBell; 27th Dec 2017 at 09:47.