Except that, if you do it overseas you will miss out on the VET FEE thing that so many of the big schools here rort like there’s no tomorrow...
So, for the potential learner pilot in AUS - there is a real risk of getting “minimal” (aka rubbish) training from a sausage factory with the added pineapple that although VET FEE sounds great - it will leave you as a financial ruin for perhaps the first half of your career, all things being considered...
I would hope Australian hopefuls would stay and learn to fly here - taking the business OS does nothing to fix the problem and support the industry here, which further condemns it. However, the path long trodden is still the best, in the long run - pay as you go at a school you’re comfortable with (ignore any school with photos of airliners frequently associated with their basic training product!), flip burgers at McDonalds, pump gas or pour beers at a bar to fund it, and 2-3 years down the track you will have a CPL that you own. Then head off to the NT or similar with no financial encumbrance and enjoy the adventure!
I’m fairly sure the recruiters at QF / JQ / Virgin et al will still respect that upbringing in the years to come - especially if you’ve learnt your stuff well alongside the way!
Re Instructors - poaching is not the word, but somehow we need to make this vocation a respectable goal for a flying career, not just a disrespected starting point... Ideas anyone??